6 Easy Vegetables You Can Grow in Small Spaces at Home
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‘We are cutting down on other expenses to eat food,’ say consumers as vegetables prices soar
A recent CRISIL report revealed that the cost of a veg thali went up by 9% in a year because of soaring vegetable prices. In one year, tomatoes have become expensive by 39%, potatoes by 41% and onions by 43%. On the other hand, the average price of non-veg thali has come down by 7% in … Read more
Why are milk, vegetable, and pulse prices rising? When will they come down? Here are some indicators
Food inflation in India has been around 8 per cent year-on-year since November 2023, with no signs of easing despite the early arrival of monsoon rains and forecasts of above-normal rainfall. This persistent inflation has kept the headline inflation above the central bank’s target of 4 per cent. Impact of Heatwave on Food Supplies A … Read more
Septuagenarian homemaker from Kochi has a vegetable garden where she farms a variety of vegetables and herbs on her own
Elsy George’s pocket of vegetables and herbs in Edappally is as much a story about her love of Nature as the generosity of neighbours. “Our neighbour has been generous enough to let me use the garden in the vacant compound for my little garden of vegetables and herbs. Neither is there an agreement not does … Read more
Data | Parsing the inflation story of the past year
Inflation: Pulses put on display for sale at wholesale grocery market Khari Baoli, Delhi | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The latest annual report released by the RBI highlights the factors and disruptors that heightened inflation levels worldwide. It also identifies the specific commodities that affected inflation across different components, like food, fuel and core … Read more
Why UK supermarkets are rationing fruit and vegetables | CNN Business
London CNN — Major UK supermarkets have started rationing the sale of some staple fruits and salad vegetables, blaming poor weather that has depressed production in Spain and north Africa. Tesco (TSCDF), the UK’s biggest supermarket, confirmed to CNN Wednesday that it had temporarily capped the number of packs of tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers to … Read more
Study shows Mediterranean Diet Helps Young Men With Depression
May 11, 2022 — Young men with a poor diet reported a decrease in symptoms of depression when they switched to the Mediterranean diet compared to young men who underwent befriending therapy, a new study shows. Researchers at the University of Technology Sydney observed 72 men aged 18-25 over 12 weeks, according to the study … Read more
Vegetables alone not enough to reduce heart risk, study finds
But Prof Naveed Sattar, professor of metabolic medicine at the University of Glasgow, said there was “good trial evidence” that eating foods rich in fibre such as vegetables, “can help lower weight and improve levels of risk factors known to cause heart disease”. Source link
Your Diet Could Cut Your Odds for Severe COVID-19
Of course, Merino said, people with healthy diets may be different in many ways from those with less-healthful eating habits. So his team accounted for factors like age, race, exercise habits, smoking, body weight and whether people lived in low- or high-income neighborhoods. Obesity, for example, is a risk factor for severe COVID-19. And … Read more
Prescriptions for Fruits and Vegetables a Blossoming Program
Michel Nischan, co-founder, Wholesome Wave; chef; sustainable food advocate. Wholesome Wave: “Produce Prescription Programs Then and Now” webinar; “2020 Impact Report,” “Produce Prescription Programs: U.S. Field Scan.” Harvard Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation: “Mainstreaming Produce Prescriptions: A Policy Strategy Report,” “New Initiative to Mainstream Produce Rx Programs Promotes Access to Healthy Food for … Read more