When Farzana Karim, a Dhaka-based HR professional, developed chronic acidity, she tried everything from antacids to Ayurvedic concoctions. Nothing worked until she made a switch in her diet.
"I started buying fish, fresh fruits, and selected dairy products from an online page that primarily sells organic foods," Farzana says.
"Our most in-demand products are hydroponic vegetables: multi-coloured capsicum, cherry tomatoes, eggplants, even honeydew melons," explains Abdullah Al Hussain, head of E-commerce and Digital Marketing at Paramount Agro Limited. "All are grown in temperature-controlled greenhouses using clean water-based nutrition."
"True organic farming, especially greenhouse-based, has high production costs," says Hussain. "But the market is flooded with cheaper products that claim to be organic without actually being so. Our prices don't match those, but our practices are real."
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