Here’s a little more info on Tasty Bite, the company I will be consulting for during my time in India. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasty_Bite . The farm in Bhandgaon is where I will be spending some time working with farmers on sustainable agriculture. Wikipedia gives a good overview of what the company does.
Also, here is a link to their website: http://www.worldpantry.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce/ExecMacro/tastybite/home.d2w/report . Check out Our Story, and you can even become a fan on facebook.
If you have a chance, check out the merchandise at Amish Market or Whole Foods. It’s yummy, cheap, and ready to eat in 90 seconds – thanks to retort pouch technology, developed by the US Army the year I was born (1978).
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On Jan 2 I’m off to India for an NYU class: International Social Impact Strategies (ISIS). I’ll be there with 4 other students for two weeks working with a social enterprise (Tasty Bite!) on some of their initiatives. I’m going to try to blog while I’m there, so stay tuned if you are interested.
Some of the initiatives we’ll be researching/trying to further include sustainable organic agriculture; water conservation; energy usage; and education/literacy. Feel free to throw in your insights if you have any!
In other news directly related to Charity Chic, we (myself and fundraiser extraordinaire Erica Mohr) raised almost $30K for a community center in Zambia, slated to open early in 2010. Erica is working to bring a group of volunteers to Zambia this year – we (Il Sun and I) are hoping to join but have rather restricted funds and vacation time this year. If anyone has ever wanted to visit Africa, this is your golden ticket! Not only will you get to travel with Erica, who is hands down one of the coolest people I’ve ever met, you can visit the community center in Lusaka, Zambia; take a trip to Victoria Falls; go on safari… the possibilities are endless.
Thanks for taking the time to visit this blog. I plan to be writing a bit in 2010, now that wedding planning is over I need a new project! I hope you all are enjoying the holidays. Enjoy your new year’s eve parties and let’s join forces in 2010!
