Our Story
Origins | ​Our Mission | Meet the Inventor​​​​
FRESHPAPER was created by a young inventor who happened upon the active ingredients after accidentally drinking some tap water while visiting her grandma in India. Her grandma gave her a home remedy - a mixture of spices - which kept her from getting sick. (Hear the story in her own words.)
After years of research and development, starting with a middle school science project, she discovered a new application of her grandma's generations-old home remedy - a remarkably effective way to keep food fresh!
The FRESHGLOW Co. was founded in 2010 when we took handmade batches of FreshPaper to Farmer's Markets and street fairs in Cambridge, MA.
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​Today, FRESHPAPER by The FRESHGLOW Co. is used by farmers and families across the globe, and we are establishing initiatives to benefit local food banks in the U.S. and small-scale farmers in the developing world.
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The FRESHGLOW Co. is a social enterprise with the mission of “Fresh for All.”
Urban-Ag Fair in Harvard Square. Learn more: http://www.treehugger.com/green-food/simple-sheet-paper-keeps-produce-fresh-4-times-longer.html
Fenugreen FreshPaper
​​​​Discover the FreshPaper Story​​​​
​​​• It's Not Paper, It's Empowerment,
Newsweek/The Daily Beast
• Fresh Idea: The Unlikely Inspiration Behind Food-Saver FreshPaper, Entrepreneur Magazine
​​• Saving Food One Sheet of Paper at a Time​​,
The Washington Post
​​​• Taking on Global Food Waste with a Simple Piece of Paper, INDEX: Design to Improve Life
​• FreshPaper: Keeping it Fresh from Farm to Fork,
Newsweek/The Daily Beast
• 7 Young Entrepreneurs Changing The World With Their Businesses​, Fast Company
​• A Magical Paper Prevents Your Food from Rotting, Fast Company
​​• Simple Sheet of Paper Keeps Produce Fresh 4 Times Longer​​, TreeHugger
• ​​Fenugreen Aims to Prevent Produce Spoilage Around the World​, The Boston Globe
• Keeping Produce Fresh with Fenugreen FreshPaper​, Mother Nature Network
• INSPIRED Film Series: The FreshPaper Story
• The Amazingly Simple Invention That Stops Fruits & Veggies From Going Bad, Forbes
• Inventor Kavita Shukla's Big Idea, Marie Claire
• Inspiring Women: Kavita Shukla, Baltimore Sun
• A Fresh New Idea Than Can Prevent Food Waste and Help Feed the World, Organic Wellness
TEDxManhattan Talk​​​​​
4 Minutes That Changed Everything.
Inspired: Film Series
The FreshPaper Story