Cold Chain Quickie #15- 5-Star Hotels To Grow Veggies In Their Backyard

A number of 5-star hotels are investing in kitchen gardens in order to avoid import of expensive fruits and vegetables from foreign markets, thereby cutting costs while maintaining high quality. Such farms are being developed in their backyards where a variety of high quality fruits and vegetables are being grown while ensuring best farming standards and world class techniques. The upcoming ITC Grand Bharat Golf & Spa Resort in Manesar near Gurgaon will have an 11-acre farm where it will grow vegetables and herbs, and train the hotel’s chefs on the flavours of India. Four Seasons Hotel in Mumbai has acquired a farmland near Mumbai, where it grows vegetables such as heirloom tomatoes.

5-Star Hotels in India have started growing vegetables locally saving them lots of money. Photo Credits: Flickr User – William Leonard

50 percent of all the profits of luxury hotels come from food and beverage sales. Exporting veggies from foreign markets is becoming increasingly expensive. By growing vegetables in-house, hotels can save almost 50% of the total cost by saving up on transportation, packaging, storage and import duties.

Read More: 5-Star Hotels Growing Own Veggies

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ColdChainQuickie #13 – The World’s First Climate-Controlled City

Arrival of the air-conditioner has made our lives much more comfortable. Extreme temperatures and weather conditions are no more an issue. An air-conditioned room in Russia will be just as pleasant as one in Nigeria. Air-conditioners can be found almost everywhere today, from homes to offices to automobiles.

Yet there are limits to air-conditioning. Air-conditioners require to be operated in closed rooms and spaces to give us the desired effect. One cannot enjoy the relief that air-conditioners provide when jogging at the park, or while walking to the grocery store or while playing thier favorite sport. Air-conditioning has its limitations.

Well, not anymore. Meet the World’s first Air-conditioned city!

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Video: Youtube, Dubai Holding

The world’s first temperature-controlled city, Mall of the World, located along Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai will occupy a total area of 48 million square feet. The project will comprise the largest indoor theme park in the world, which will be covered by a glass dome that will be open during the winter months.

The project will also house the largest shopping mall in the world with an area of 8 million square feet, which will take the form of an extended retail street network. Once completed, the City is projected to become a year-round destination, welcoming around 180 million visitors annually.

References: Edgadget- Dubai’s beating the heat with Mall of the World

Cold Chain Quickie #11 – Unicef's Cold Chain Mission For Vaccines (Part 2)

This is in continuation with our post- Unicef’s Cold Chain Mission which was about Ewan Mcgregor’s journey in India and Nepal on behalf of UNICEF to get vaccines to as many villages and children as was possible. This is the second part of the same series and covers Ewan’s journey through Congo to deliver vaccines and immunize children in one of the world’s most remote places. His journey begins from Brazzaville and goes 100s of miles into the dense forests of Congo.

Click on the link below to learn about Ewan’s journey through Congo.

Unicef’s Cold Chain Mission In The Congo.

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Unicef Website:  Unicef’s Cold Chain Mission In The Congo.

Indian Fisheries Set To Make Record Profits – Cold Chain Quickie #10

A major portion of Indian seafood exports consists of Shrimps, crustaceans that are mostly found in tropical waters near India, Brazil, Sout-East Asia and Africa. Traditionally, Japan and China were the primary markets for Indian shrimp exports, but with the shortage of Shrimps in global markets in the last few years, both demand and prices have seen sharp rise. Today, shrimp gets exported to a variety of countries, including American and European markets. Farmers rearing fishes and shrimps in their own in-land farms and ponds has contributed to such a massive supply.

 

Learn More: BBC News Report – India’s Seafood Industry Benefits From Increased Exports

Indian Fisheries Set To Make Record Profits – Cold Chain Quickie #10

A major portion of Indian seafood exports consists of Shrimps, crustaceans that are mostly found in tropical waters near India, Brazil, Sout-East Asia and Africa. Traditionally, Japan and China were the primary markets for Indian shrimp exports, but with the shortage of Shrimps in global markets in the last few years, both demand and prices have seen sharp rise. Today, shrimp gets exported to a variety of countries, including American and European markets. Farmers rearing fishes and shrimps in their own in-land farms and ponds has contributed to such a massive supply.

 

Learn More: BBC News Report – India’s Seafood Industry Benefits From Increased Exports