31Jul
Startup Mantra: Agritech will get pesticide-free, wholesome meals in your plate

PUNE Have you ever ever questioned the place the meals we eat comes from? Is it contemporary, nutritious and wholesome to devour? What sort of practices are adopted throughout farming, harvesting and eventually transporting the produce to your close by mall, retailer, vendor or residence? Pondering this, two professionals – Ganesh Nikam, an agri-finance marketing consultant from Pune and Sanket Mehta, a banker from Mumbai – got here collectively to construct agricultural startup ‘Nutrifresh’ in 2019 with the thought to supply wholesome, pesticide-free and residue-free meals to customers at massive.

At first…

Mehta was working as a supervisor at Central Financial institution of India, Pune when Nikam met him for a number of agri-financing-related proposals in 2012-13. The duo constructed a robust rapport as they interacted recurrently concerning their work.

Says Nikam, “I got here from a farmer household background and needed to do one thing for farmers. After my MBA, I did a job in an organization. I used to be working as a funding marketing consultant with a particular deal with agriculture and agriculture-related actions. I helped a number of dairies, agro-processing industries, and meals items to boost funds.”

“Once I met Mehta, he stated he was being

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27Jul
Making more healthy meals selections a part of a busy every day routine

EWG presents a collection of visitor articles by Culinary Nutritionist and Writer of “What the Fork Are You Consuming?” Stefanie Sacks exploring the hyperlink between a more healthy weight loss program and a more healthy atmosphere whereas providing simple recommendation and encouragement to anybody trying to enhance their diet and shield the planet.

Rising up, my household thrived on chaos. I realized to manage by bringing group into the unpredictable day-to-day – arranging then rearranging my bed room, journaling and making numerous lists. That measure of stability helped then, and it helps me now, particularly when educating individuals the best way to undertake a wholesome meals life-style, even with busy lives.

A bit group can set you up for achievement.

Presumably, you may have time to schedule work conferences, tea or espresso get-togethers with friends, playdates for the children, even date evening – proper? Every takes thought and time. If you can also make room in your schedule for them, it is most likely simple to take 15 or half-hour to plan your nourishment for per week.

Meals is not a troublesome matter, however for many individuals, it might probably nonetheless be extremely emotional. The suggestion of modifications could also

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17Jul
Swap to new college wholesome consuming program supplier triggers issues banned junk meals will reappear

Adjustments to the way in which WA faculties promote wholesome consuming for youths have prompted issues that junk meals equivalent to chips, comfortable drinks and lollies may creep again on to highschool canteen menus.

The Well being Division was not too long ago awarded a $3.7 million contract to Victorian-based group Diet Australia to offer a “complete of faculty wholesome consuming program” — snubbing the WA College Canteen Affiliation, which has delivered the State Authorities’s wholesome food and drinks coverage in faculties for the previous 15 years.

Whereas the brand new program is anticipated to proceed a visitors gentle system categorizing meals decisions as inexperienced for nutritious, amber for infrequent, or purple for junk, there are fears the brand new supplier will change WA’s standards.

“At a faculty degree, which may imply the well being of our children is affected as a result of we may have some unhealthy objects coming into faculties which haven’t at present been there,” WASCA chief govt Megan Sauzier mentioned.

“The visitors gentle system is a bit completely different in Victoria. Crimson meals, for instance, that are comfortable drinks, lollies and chips, are off the menu in WA and have been off the menu from

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