Nikhil Arora

Overview

Back to the Roots was founded by Alejandro Velez & Nikhil Arora during their last semester at UC Berkeley in 2009. Inspired by the idea of turning waste into wages and fresh, local food, they experimented in Alex's fraternity kitchen, ultimately growing one test bucket of mushrooms on recycled coffee grounds. In 2011, they're on pace to help families grow over 250,000 lbs of fresh food at home, while diverting and reusing 1,000,000 lbs of coffee grounds from Peet's Coffee & Tea.

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