date:Jun 16, 2016
Organic food is growing in popularity in the UAE, aided by the ever-growing expatriate community. Ripe Organic is a store, farm network, and community organization that has been operating in the United Arab Emirates since 2011. Becky Balderstone, the founder, started the company as a delivery service for seasonal produce, but soon expanded with a popular series of farmer markets across the UAE, and is now supplemented by a brick-and-mortar grocery in Dubai. Ripe also leads a robust set of commun