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How One 'The Bachelorette' Contestant Transformed A Mushroom Farming Startup Into A $100M Per Year Gardening Empire
Thursday, June 1, 2023 - 5:27pm | 683In 2009, on a bustling American college campus, two students, Alejandro Vélez and Nikhil Arora, discovered a fascinating fact in a lecture: used coffee grounds could be a fertile ground for mushroom cultivation. While others may have overlooked this nugget of information, Vélez and...
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Back To The Roots, Which Makes It Easy To Grow Your Own Food, Heads To Walmart Shelves
Wednesday, February 5, 2020 - 9:50am | 511Back to the Roots, a pioneer of indoor gardening, announced Wednesday its products will be sold at more than 2,300 Walmart Inc (NYSE: WMT) stores along with other national retailers. Back To The Roots Targets 'The Future Of Gardening' Nikhil Arora and Alejandro Velez co-created Back to the...
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New York Replaces Kellogg School Breakfasts With Organic Startup Brand
Friday, March 3, 2017 - 11:23am | 361The ongoing trend toward healthy and organic food over processed food from the national brands gained further momentum this week after New York City public schools made a big change. According to The New York Times, the New York City public school system quietly replaced Kellogg Company (NYSE: K)'s...