Abstract: The study examines the possibilities of the traditional food practices of Padder, a region in Jammu and Kashmir, as nutrient-dense, sustainable substitutes for contemporary hybrid crops. The study uses comparative approach to the number of traditional foods with other regions of Indian subcontinent, emphasizing their health benefits, which include blood sugar regulation, and digestive assistance. Moreover, stories from the local population explores the beliefs such as the help of traditional foods in the recovery of a cancer patient who regularly ate buckwheat cake and the stamina of fasting women who were fed Bajar Bang, lend credence to the findings. The study reasonably explores the environmental benefits of conventional agricultural practices, which reduce greenhouse gas emissions because they are organic, drought-tolerant, and free of dangerous fertilizers and pesticides.