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The days we all turned up

Most of F2C happens quietly. An order goes in, a farmer cuts to it, a bag arrives. Once in a while the whole community stands in the same field instead, and those are the days worth keeping.

That's a wrap

Held Sunday, 9 August 2026

Vidhai Thiruvizha

விதை திருவிழா

A day of nature, tradition, community and togetherness.

Where: Nallayan Farm, Thazhambur
When: 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
With: Pattaampoochi, community for children

Vidhai means seed. Thiruvizha means festival. On the second Sunday of August we handed Nallayan Farm over to both of them for a day.

There was a santhai under the trees selling what the farms had cut that week. There was a kitchen serving one long Sri Lankan meal on a banana leaf, ordered in advance because it was cooked to a count. There was a row of home bakers, all of them women, selling what they bake. And there were seven things you could stop and do with your own hands, none of which needed a ticket.

We ran it with Pattaampoochi, who work with children. Their half of the day was the children's half, and it was the loudest.

It went from ten in the morning until four, and then it was over. What is below is what we have left of it, and we would do the whole thing again tomorrow.

The day on film

Nobody was taking photographs

So what survives of Vidhai Thiruvizha is video, shot on phones by whoever was standing closest. We have left every clip at the length it was filmed. Tap one to watch.

What was happening

Four things at once, on one farm

Each of these could have been its own morning. Running them together is the point: the same people who came for the vegetables ended up grinding turmeric, and the children who came to sow seeds ate off the same leaf as everybody else.

F2C Santhai

The market, held on the farm rather than at a shop counter. The same growers who fill the weekly order list brought what they had, and you filled a bag from it. No stall was renting space and no wholesaler stood in between.

Greens, vegetables and fruits
Groceries, millets and biodynamic milk
Home bakes from the members who make them

Pattaampoochi's Seed Festival

The children's half, run by Pattaampoochi. They called it a seedy celebration for little dreamers, which tells you the register they were aiming for. Small hands, real soil, and a pot to take away at the end.

Seed sowing, plant today and grow tomorrow
Craft workshops, make, create, grow
Songs and stories
Games, played outdoors on open ground

Home Bakers' Marketplace

A row of tables belonging to women who bake. Brownies, muffins, cookies, and a gluten-free counter for the households that need one. F2C took nothing off the top. What each of them sold that day, each of them kept.

Brownies, muffins and cookies, baked at home
Gluten-free options on the same tables
Every purchase went straight to the woman who baked it

Sri Lankan Ilai Sappaadu

One meal, cooked by Nallayan Farm and served on a banana leaf. It had to be pre-ordered on WhatsApp because it was cooked to the number of people who said they were coming, which is the same reason nothing at F2C sits in a warmer waiting for a buyer.

Soru, with ponni and sivapparisi rice
Pudalangai kootu, kathirikai poricha kuzhambu, puliyanam, appalam and mor
Meen kuzhambu, meen poriyal and naatu kozhi muttai on the non-vegetarian leaf

Between the festivals

The rest of the year is quieter and mostly about food. Here is what we have been putting out: the snack combos, the grocery list, and whatever John has to say about what the boats brought in.