On the balmy afternoon of 8 April in Itanagar, vegetable vendors in the main Gandhi Market, located in Ganga, went about their business as usual, displaying their wares – and sprinkling water often to the keep them fresh, as day temperatures reach almost 30 degrees C. The wares are all essentially ‘bioresources’, comprised of a mix of cultivated and uncultivated edible plant products in the form of fruits, vegetables, leaves, shoots, flowers, inflorescence and herbs. In the right seasons, it also can also include smoked fishes, insects, frogs, crabs and rodents – none of which are ‘farmed’, akin to the commonly available carps, broiler chicken and cultured shell-fish.