Beejotsav to start an organic outlet in Shivaji Nagar

Nagpur: For individuals who believe in healthy eating, there is a new option to buy foodgrains and processed foods in the city. The Beejotsav Group along with Nagpur Organic Farmers Group is launching a new outlet of organic grains and food near Shivaji Nagar ground on Saturday at 3.30pm. Major foodgrains and certain foods will be available here.
To begin with, the outlet will be open from 7 to 9pm.But gradually, its duration will be extended to eight hours. Tanmay Joshi from Beejotsav told TOI that besides grains like wheat, rice, jowar, pulses like tur, gram, lakhodi dal, honey, jaggery, products made from ambadi like sharbat etc, flax chutney will be available in the shop. The pulses and rice will be completely unpolished.
“We would also be keeping seeds of the grains and pulses for the benefit of farmers. This is an additional feature of our outlet,” said Joshi.
As expected, the cost of all the products will naturally be higher than the market price. But the price will be fixed by the farmer who would be supplying produce to the shop. Beejotsav Group will be procuring the products from various farmers in the region and hence there could be a difference in price of the same grain at different times. But there will not be any compromise on quality and all products will be completely organic, he said.
Oils will also be made available in the shop. Initially, there will be just groundnut oil. It will be totally unprocessed and non-refined and will be produced using expeller technique as compared to the conventional solvent extraction techniques.
For Khadi lovers, the outlet will also be keeping various types of khadi fabric. This too is an additional feature which is not available in other organic outlets, Joshi said.