Farmers vs state farm

It all started in Andrew Afelskie’s closet. advertisement advertisement Last summer, the 30-year-old Ottawa native returned to Canada after teaching English in Japan. He wasn’t sure exactly what he wanted to do next, but knew he wanted it to involve farming. Then his friend sent him a link to a UN report highlighting the environmental and nutritional benefits of eating insects. “I was like, this is crazy,” Afelskie says. “Why isn’t anyone doing this? And I thought I could try here.” So, he ordered a batch of 10,000 live crickets offline—half male, half female—and had them delivered to his apartment. He put the insects in a giant plastic bin where they’d be warm, gave them water and food, shoved the bin into his closet, and waited. Six weeks later, he had a new generation of crickets. He harvested the first batch and began experimenting with different ways to use them in food. Then he ordered 20,000 more bugs. … [Read more...] about Why The Future Farmers Of North America Are Turning To Crickets

In most restaurants, the menu is dictated by customers’ and chefs’ tastes. At sweetgreen, it’s all about the farmers. “We don’t go to farmers and say, ‘Hey, we want you to grow this and this,’” explains Nicolas Jammet, cofounder of the salad chain with a cult-like following. “We say, ‘Hey, what do you grow in this region? What makes sense?’ It’s not the farmers trying to serve us, it’s us trying to serve them.” advertisement advertisement This approach fits perfectly into what sweetgreen calls its “food ethos,” a sort of business manifesto that rests on all ingredients being sourced locally and sustainably, and then prepared fresh in-house, never in some commercial kitchen. And whether it’s the fresh, seasonal ingredients or the impeccably designed interior of each store, sweetgreen is doing something right. The salad chain, which began as a single store in Washington, D.C. … [Read more...] about How Broccoli Leaves And Steelhead Trout Found Their Way Onto Sweetgreen’s Menu

Smog resulting from raging farm fires and unfavourable weather conditions led to the air quality level in the Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR) moving towards the "emergency" zone on November 13.This prompted authorities to order closure of schools till November 15 (Friday). Such a closure has been ordered for the second time in two weeks.With the Central Pollution Control Board (CPFC) fearing a similar situation will prevail over the next two days, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said the odd-even road rationing scheme can be extended if needed.Close The Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA) also extended the restrictions on dirty-fuel based industries in Delhi-NCR, hot mix plants and stone crushers till the morning of November 15, as the meteorological department said strong winds are expected from November 15, which will bring down the air pollution levels to the very poor category. related news Rafale Verdict: Supreme Court dismisses review … [Read more...] about Delhi-NCR schools shut till tomorrow; air quality index moves towards ‘emergency’ zone again

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday virtually defended the decision to impose President's rule in Maharashtra, saying what one should have done when no party was able to form the government in the state.Kumar made the comment on Maharashtra issue while replying to reporters queries after paying tribute to the country's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on his birthday at a function held near Patna railway station."What do I say. What will anyone do when no one is able to form the government (in Maharashtra)...Political parties should see the matter. We have nothing to do with it," Kumar said when pressed by journalists as how he sees promulgation of president's rule in Maharashtra.Close Governor Phagu Chauhan, Industries Minister Shyam Rajak and a host of other dignitaries paid tributes to the first PM. related news OTT platforms should be self regulated: I&B Secy Amit Khare Amit Shah says SC verdict on Rafale befitting reply to malicious campaign, seeks … [Read more...] about What will anyone do if no party is able to form govt in Maharashtra: Nitish Kumar

I talked about a young tour company director hell bent on enforcing the P(olicy)-word, even at the risk of sending despondent customers away, so they could tell ten others how sad they were. advertisement advertisement To his credit, he eventually relented, but insisted I was out of line for going in to bat for them. He called me some names and ordered me to cease and desist from telling him “how to run his business”. Note to self: you will always be accused of this if you open your mouth to talk about anything other than the weather. I wondered why he was so adamant that he was right and I was so wrong. Then I remembered how old he was – 25-ish. Now let me state at the outset I am duly awed by brilliant young entrepreneurs of the Google epoch, heading up companies at an age when I was still huddled in a carpeted cubicle shuffling papers in an intray and keeping track of my flextime. Yes, they probably own the McMansion shadowing my walkup. They probably … [Read more...] about Work/Life: When bright, talented young things can endanger your business