Loading
Loading
You'll sit cross-legged on Kashinath's veranda sorting dried paddy by hand, learning to tell one heritage variety from another by grain shape and husk colour. He'll walk you through his small mud-walled seed store, each clay pot labelled and dated, some holding seed lines his father saved decades ago.
Native rice varieties carry drought and flood tolerance built up over generations, but they're vanishing fast as farmers switch to high-yield hybrids; seed keepers like Kashinath are often the last link to these strains.
Selecting and storing the best paddy seed after each harvest has long been a farming household's responsibility in Goa, done by eye and hand rather than lab testing.
We're still verifying a practitioner for this experience — check back soon.
Morning
Tour the mud-walled seed store and learn variety identification
Midday
Hand-sort and clean paddy seed
Afternoon
Learn traditional storage methods and pack your own seed sample
Difficulty
Easy — mostly seated hands-on work
Age suitability
8 and up
Clay seed storage pots
Hand-sorting paddy
Kashinath explaining grain varietiesPhotographs from this experience will replace these panels once available.
Can I take seed home to plant?
Yes, small sample packets are provided, though check your local import rules if travelling internationally.
Is this a farm tour or hands-on work?
Both — expect real sorting and cleaning work alongside the tour.
“Kashinath knows every seed pot by name almost, it was humbling to watch.”
Ritu B. · 5/5
“A quiet, thoughtful morning that changed how I think about rice.”
Daniel P. · 5/5
Not a sight to see — a practice to enter.