OUR STORY, YOUR STORY

FARGO, a shortened form of Farmer’s Grocery, delivers all five components of a healthy diet recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO). The five components of a healthy diet are Whole Grains, Quality Protein, Fruits and Vegetables, Plant-Based Oil, and Water. We are a knowledge-based organization and focus heavily on nutrition, food safety, and healthy food solutions to prevent noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), i.e., cancer, heart, kidney, liver diseases, type 2 diabetes, etc. We often see stories of the sudden loss of our loved ones on social media due to these diseases. The social and economic impact of these diseases is immense. Food adulteration is high in Bangladesh, ranking poorly on the global food safety and quality index. Knowledge of food and nutrition is also not satisfactory in society, resulting in malnutrition, diseases, and premature deaths.

Fargo started its journey during the mass outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 in July 2020 through research on “State of Food Adulteration and Malnutrition in Bangladesh.”

During the pandemic, we ran a charity called ‘Mpathy’ and provided online consultations to 200+ COVID-19 patients. While working with COVID-19 patients, it was revealed that patients with poor immune systems experience severe consequences and suffer lasting illnesses and disabilities. Soon, the root of the cause- adulterated food weakening immunity significantly- was brought to light. Therefore, Fargo started its operations by sourcing and delivering safe and nutritious food in Bangladesh and gradually expanding its markets globally.

Apart from food delivering food products, Fargo works on Health and Beauty Solutions (HBS) to strengthen the immune system, enhance productivity, improve brain health, prevent diseases and aging, improve life expectancy, and so on. Hence, we have innovated natural nutrition-based health and beauty solutions based on food and nutrition science, advanced health knowledge, and scientific research evidence. Our team is comprised of doctors, nutritionists, naturopaths, herbalists, and Food engineers. We collaborate with local and international health and nutrition professionals and organizations.

We are committed to developing a healthy and happy society by replacing contaminated and unhealthy food from our consumers’ dining tables with healthy and nutritious food. We pursue a responsible business model and prioritize environmental sustainability, circular economy, and attaining SDG 2, 3 & 12. Fargo aims to use technology extensively both for growth and compliance assurance. Ethics plays a vital role in all our business operations.

FARGO MART: A HEALTHY FOOD CHAIN SHOP

Fargo Mart is Fargo’s signature outlet, a healthy food chain shop. We deliver all five components of Healthy Food recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) i.e. Whole Grain Rice, Quality Protein, Fruits and Vegetables, Plant Based Oils, and Water at Fargo Mart. We have set up our first outlet based on increasing consumer demand at Tejgaon, close to the Ninakabbo building. We are planning to set up more outlets around Dhaka City and across the country soon. You may visit Fargo Mart any day of the week as it is open 7 days of the week. Please find the contact information and Google location of the mart here at this link https://www.facebook.com/fargomartss.

RESPECT IS THE KEY TO HEALTHY FOOD

`We don’t deliver food, we deliver respect’ with this motto, FARGO has been working since July 2020 to change the narrative of food safety and quality in Bangladesh. Our research revealed that lack of respect for the consumers is the key reason for food adulteration. Most food producers and growers do not respect the consumers. Therefore, they use harmful insecticides, pesticides, herbicides, coloring and ripening agents, preservatives and unsafe water while growing, transporting, processing, packaging and preserving food products. We follow rigorous standard operational proceedures (SOPs) and food safety and quality compliance at every step of sourcing, transportation, processing, packaging and delivery.

Bangladesh ranks 99th out of 113 countries in the food safety and quality index (Source: Intelligence Unit, The Economist). Food adulteration and lack of food diversity is the main reason for our poor performance in the global index. This has a serious detrimental impact on public health and the economy. Number of cancer patients is on the rise. There are more than 15 lakh cancer patients in the country, according to an updated estimation of the World Health Organization (WHO) (Source: The Daily Star). Every year 300,000 people become cancer patients and half of them die of the disease. 2 lac people become kidney patients. Experts say that food adulteration is the main reason for cancer and kidney diseases. A silent pandemic is going on due to food adulteration in Bangladesh and globally.

FARGO aims to bring a paradigm shift in the food industry of Bangladesh with a hazard to health dictum.

Food scientists, physicians, and nutritionists suggest that natural food products possess healing properties as nutrients remain unaltered.  This is why delivering natural food to the customer maintaining purity is our highest priority. That is why our main tagline is, “From Nature with Purity”. Our brand name Fargo is shortened form of Farmer’s Grocery.

Who We Are

FARGO is a knowledge-based Fast Moving Consumers Goods (FMCG) company. We started our journey last year during the first wave of the COVID pandemic to boost the immunity of the people as the key tool to combat the notorious coronavirus disease through delivering safe and nutritious food to the people as suggested by doctors and nutritionists.

We source products directly from selected farmers, organic farms, government and private organizations and deliver to our client’s doorstep through digital marketing eliminating intermediaries who usually adulterate food products.

Fargo is based in Dhaka, Bangladesh but it delivers organic, safe and nutritious food, food supplements and natural nutrition-based health and beauty solutions globally.

We collaborate with farmers’ networks, farms, SMEs, nutritionists, doctors, pharmacists, health experts and herbalists.

Our products and services fall in three categories. Firstly, we deliver standard grocery items such as rice, wheat flour, fish, green chicken, natural raw milk and local beef meat, regular and green tea, mutton, ghee, honey, spices, sauces, brown sugar, yogurt, tomato sauce and pickles. Secondly, we deliver niche products such as protein powder, brain booster, organic food items, beauty products etc. Thirdly, we provide natural nutrition based Health and Beauty Solution (HBS).

Fargo is a solution oriented company. We have a dedicated research team who innovates natural health and beauty products to eliminate harmful chemicals from the kitchen selves, dining table and powder room of the consumers.

LARGEST ONLINE HEALTHY FOOD STORE

Fargo is a one stop solution for organic, safe and nutritious food. If you want a healthy, happy and long life for you and your family, you are at the right place.

Find us on Facebook @fargofood, Instagram & Youtube: Fargo Organic, call us on our hotline: +8801322902051 or landline +8802 -41081880.

We provide three categories of food i.e., Organic, Safe and Nutritious. Our food and grocery items taste original and better as they are grown naturally and free from adulteration. We provide complete solution of healthy and nutritious food and groceries.

Healthy Diet

Our Organic foods are mostly spices, pickles and vegetables which are grown naturally and collected from the selected farmers and organic farms from around the country ensuring traceability.

Safe & Nutritious Food

Our safe and nutritious food are free from adulteration sourced directly from the farmers and farms.

TEAM FARGO

Fargo team includes our management, core staff, external consultants, doctors, nutritionists, and technical staff.

MEET OUR TEAM

Hamidul H Khan

MD and CEO

Imtiaz Almaji

Chief Operating Officer (COO)

Prof Dr Anupam Hossain

Public Health & Communications Specialist, Fargo Health & Beauty Solution

Mahinoor Ferdows

Nutritionist, Fargo Health & Beauty Solution

Dr. Mahbuba Akter

Physician , Fargo Health & Beauty Solution

Atandrila Paul Arpa

Food Engineer, Fargo Processing Unit

Sadika Swarna

Natural Healing Counselor, Fargo Health and Beauty Solution (HBS)

Syed Muzahid Ibne Hossain

Senior Officer,Accounts & Admin

Tahmid Wasif Reebhu

Executive, Design & Media

Khadiza Rahman

Social Media Moderation In-Charge

Labib Islam (Babu)

Assistant Executive Admin

Mehedi Hasan

In charge, Fargo Mart

Parvez Hossain

Associate, Digital Marketing

Taseer Samiullah

Intern, Growth, Erasmus University, Netherlands

Shoyeb Ali Khan

Intern, Business Development, UIU