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In 22 Years, Prema Has Helped Over 5 Lakh Women Become Organic Farmers, Mentors

In 22 Years, Prema Has Helped Over 5 Lakh Women Become Organic Farmers, Mentors

Read full article by Sayantani Nath @the better India PC: TBI “These women were stuck in the daily rigmarole of managing the kitchen, kids and the household. But now they were emerging as faces of a widespread change.” As a mother of two, 24-year-old Rajshree from...

Deepa M makes healthy baby food, noodles and sevai with millets

Deepa M makes healthy baby food, noodles and sevai with millets

Read full article by R Krithika@The Hindu PC: Special Arrangement Deepa M on how she began making healthier alternatives to baby food, as well as noodles and sevai, with millets It was the task of finding appropriate baby food for her son that set Deepa M on the...

Replacing one serving of red meat a day with nuts, beans or whole grains could sharply lower the risk of heart disease and cancer, research suggests

Replacing one serving of red meat a day with nuts, beans or whole grains could sharply lower the risk of heart disease and cancer, research suggests

Read Full article by Rhys Blakely @The Times PC: Getty Images Ditching a 50g serving of red meat for the equivalent number of calories from a plant source of protein was linked to as much as a 50 per cent cut in the likelihood of somebody dying from heart disease. The...

Healthy diet means a healthy planet, study shows

Healthy diet means a healthy planet, study shows

Read the full article in The Guardian Eating healthy food is almost always also best for the environment, according to the most sophisticated analysis to date. The researchers said poor diets threaten society by seriously harming people and the planet, but the latest...

First Food: Business of Taste

First Food: Business of Taste

Sunita Narain, Director General of CSE and editor of Down To Earth writes about the New Publication “First Food : Business of Taste” The 2019 edition First Food: Business of Taste brings you the knowledge of livelihoods that connect to First Food. It is...