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A story of Krishna Mckenzie - Covered by Mosaic SDG , Indian Sustainaibilty magazine

Krishna McKenzie’s life from Krishnamurti’s classroom to India’s food forests

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In a world where contamination clouds our view of nature’s bounty, Krishna McKenzie envisioned a brighter future for India. He saw beauty in its culture and the abundance of fruits and vegetables. Driven by sustainability, he sought to showcase the purity of these resources and highlight conscious consumption. Through his efforts, he aimed to deepen our understanding of sustainable food systems and inspire others to value nature's gifts and support greener practices.

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Aprajita Bansal founder of Phal Phool

Aprajita Bansal’s battle for honest food at Phal Phool

In the mist-shrouded hills of Himachal Pradesh, where apple orchards cling to steep slopes like nature’s own rebellion against gravity, Phal Phool took root not from a glossy business plan, but from a daughter’s quiet fury at a broken system. Aprajita Bansal, the self-proclaimed “favourite farmer girl” behind it all, never set out to launch a food venture. She was an IT engineer hustling in Noida’s corporate world, far from the family farm where her parents toiled year-round. But one supermarket sticker on apples at ₹360 a kilo flipped a switch. Why, she wondered, did city shoppers pay a fortune, while her folks scraped by at ₹30-40 in the local mandi?

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