Swaroop Samant
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Swaroop Samant 2013 fellow
Bold Idea
Improve farm yields, food access, and food security for millions of global families by implementing simple, low-cost innovations to prevent food spoilage and food waste.
Organization
While the world's farmers harvest enough to feed the planet, 25% of our food supply is lost to spoilage. Fenugreen is taking on this massive global challenge with a simple innovation, FreshPaper. Low-cost, compostable, and made with organic spices, FreshPaper keeps produce fresh 2-4 times longer. A grassroots movement has taken this simple idea from a local farmer's market to food banks, families, & farmers across the globe. Fenugreen aims to revolutionize the food economy from farm to fork, and transform the lives of the 1.6 billion who lack access to refrigeration with its mission of Fresh for All.
Biography
Swaroop holds an MD from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and a BA from Yale University. Prior to co-founding Fenugreen, Swaroop was a consultant in McKinsey & Company's consumer insights practice. Swaroop has worked extensively in rural areas in South Asia and has led several initiatives to improve healthcare access in disadvantaged communities, including vaccination campaigns in rural India, and post-Tsunami disaster relief in Sri Lanka. Swaroop is now focused on improving public health outcomes by increasing access to fresh, healthy food.
