Nikhil Arora of Back to the Roots

Published: Dec. 14, 2012, 8 a.m.

Back to the Roots was founded by Alejandro Velez & Nikhil Arora.\xa0 They came across the idea\xa0during a class lecture\xa0of being able to potentially grow gourmet mushrooms entirely on recycled coffee grounds. Inspired by the idea of turning waste into wages & fresh, local food, they became full-time urban mushroom farmers and Back to the Roots was born!