BuyFarmFood.com and AdventHealth providing fresh fruit, vegetables to families and food pantries
Jim Bardwell calls new move an absolute miracle
BuyFarmFood.com, AdventHealth team up to promote nutrition
and last updated 2021-04-05 08:07:37-04
WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. â Jim Bardwell calls his new team up with AdventHealth an absolute miracle.
Bardwell is the inspiring force behind BuyFarmFood.com, which culls delicious fresh produce from more than 60 Florida and Georgia farms and both sells and donates food to local families and food pantries.
A year ago, Bardwell was out of work, a casualty of the pandemic. But instead of wallowing in misfortune, he decided to change lives.
Our columnist analyses some food studies and other reports, including the fact that eating five portions of fruits and vegetables is linked with longer life spans.
It is springtime and I am writing this in the UK, where I returned a fortnight ago for the first Covid-19 inoculation last weekend. It was a tiring journey by car, not improved by the requirement for multiple Covid-19 tests every few days and a mandatory 10-day quarantine period at home.
After the vaccination, I felt a little rough, but nothing troubling, a bit like the feeling one gets when overeating and over-drinking the day before. Well, mostly like over-drinking to be more accurate and my upper left arm also feels like it had encountered a degree of blunt force trauma.
Dirty Dozen list reveals foods with most, least pesticides
Strawberries top list for sixth year
Copyright Adobe
and last updated 2021-03-17 08:08:28-04
Strawberries continue to lead the Dirty Dozen, a list of fruits and veggies with the most amount of pesticides.
A new report from the Environmental Working Group says the fruit topped the list of the sixth year in a row, followed by spinach, kale, collard greens, nectarines, apples and grapes. The group has also released a list of the cleanest fruits and vegetables, including avocados and sweet corn.
In a 2020 study, researchers say an increase in pesticide exposure can cause IQ loss and intellectual disability in children.
Coimbatore: People who have an appetite for local and seasonal fruits have more options as area under fruit cultivation has gone up by 3.5% in the district.
Data from the horticulture department points to an increase in the availability of fruits including mango, guava, amla, papaya and lime, which are rich in antioxidants and vitamins.
The area under horticulture cultivation this year 10,717 hectares is the highest in four years. Mango, guava, amla, papaya and lemon cultivation is the highest this year, compared to the last five years. While mango cultivation is up by 13.22%, guava cultivation is up by 39%, and lime and lemon up by 40%.
Blockchain platform Farmer Connect nets US$9M to fund “collaborative ecosystem” for traceable commodities
16 Mar 2021 - Purchasing decisions are often driven by evidence of fair, traceable and sustainable agricultural practices in products. With the aim of further elevating this transparency using blockchain, Farmer Connect, a global supply chain software, has secured US$9 million in a Series A investment round.
“The pandemic has shown digitalization is essential for the vast majority of businesses’ survival. Our technology can help provide this safeguard,” Michael Chrisment, CEO of Farmer Connect, tells
FoodIngredientsFirst.
“[Traders] can now provide more than just the raw material commodity as brands see [Farmer Connect] as a way to showcase the quality of products and relationships with producers.”