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When a Chef Returned to Her Ancestral Land, She Built This 4.5-Acre Farmstay by the Konkan Coast

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Noopur Chaughule, a chef and journalist's daughter, returned to 4.5 acres of ancestral family land in Guhagar, Maharashtra in 2020 and built Ayra Farms, a sustainable farmstay combining her Toronto culinary training with her mother's Maharashtrian recipes and local organic farming.

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