Eevi Gardens - How to cultivate your food in your own apartment

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About Eevi Gardens
Eevi Gardens is a startup that began as a project between two friends (Hans Henning and Vipul) to solve a very personal problem - How to get fresh, nutritious healthy vegetables all year around in the most transparent and sustainable way possible.

Their journey in their own words
The journey was an enthralling one and after brainstorming multiple solutions, we realized the best way to do so is to take matters into our own hands and build systems to grow our own food. We built our very own “Veggie Wardrobe” using hydroponics-based Indoor Farming to grow multiple vegetables. While the taste and freshness were outstanding, one thing that we noticed is how our behaviour towards food was changed just by growing these plants. We began eating more healthy and became more and more curious about different vegetable plants, how to grow them and the best way to consume them to fulfil our nutritious requirements.

That was the birth of Eevi Gardens, with the mission of increasing the accessibility, availability and transparency of the food we consume. Local agriculture needs technological support now more than ever to keep up with the demands of an ever-growing population reliant on plant-based diets. We want to provide each urban dweller with a field of their own to grow essential food plants according to their diet and nutrition requirements.

About the Founders

Henning has spent more than 12 years in Food and Gastronomy in various roles spread across Operations, Service and sales and marketing. He was an assistant to the CEO at Venuss, one of the first vegan bistros in Vienna. Since then he has been actively involved in increasing awareness about a healthy plant-based diet.

Vipul has worked for various research labs across the US, Europe and India with a focus on the application of technology to solve societal problems (like Energy Optimization, Renewables etc.) He was born in a farmers’ community in India and his family has sustained a vegetarian diet for generations. After moving to Austria he realized how little supply and awareness exists about certain vegetables like Okra, Bitter Gourd etc. which are highly essential to maintain a balanced plant-based diet. He intends to bring the age-old knowledge of Indian vegetarian diets along with the technology to grow them locally.

Agenda
5:30 - 6:20 Talk about Eevi Gardens
6:20 - 7:00 We cook and eat together.