Post- harvest management would improve the availability of Fruits & Vegetables
Post-harvest management practices help to conserve the food value & quality of the harvested commodities for the entire period till it is consumed. Unfortunately, most of our farmers’ understanding and response to the application of post-harvest practices in Fruits & vegetables are poor. To them, the production practices were something that was traditional & inherited. […]
Difference between Food Waste vs Food Loss
Food is an integral part of our culture, in fact, we can pretty much say that food is the culture and everything else revolves around it, and rightly so. Our primal needs are to survive and for that food is critical, the evolution of civilization is directly proportional to the progression of food habits. We […]
Plant Based Protective Layer
My regular fruit vendor always tries to push me those shiny-looking apples he calls “phoren” apples and I always decline and insist on Indian varieties. Though the phone apple is it Washington or Fiji does look tempting but there are a few factors that always put me off and I tend to avoid. Primarily because […]
Food Loss & Waste – Tip of the iceberg to a colossal growing problem at hand
I recently got invited to a wedding in the neighborhood, and though I keep my social commitments to a bare minimum given my aversion to the blatant and unparalleled amounts of waste (read dry/wet/food/water and all the kinds one can imagine) such events generate. I vividly remember the weddings I had been to as a […]
Unpopular Thoughts on Food Waste: Read This Before You Waste Your Food
“Nobody wants to admit or think that they are the problem” This comment from Brian Roe, the director of Ohio State Food Waste Collaborative has hit the right chord. You may wonder what we are saying? Do not worry. We will clear it for you. As per a survey, 76-86% of people believe that they […]
Food Waste and Food Loss: What Do They Actually Mean?
“Cutting food waste is a delicious way of saving money, helping to feed the world and protect the planet” ~ Tristram Stuart. You cannot agree more with this quote, can you? There are 41.9% of the world’s population who cannot afford a healthy diet. But here are some statistics that can make you think before […]