{"id":1046711,"date":"2026-06-24T08:19:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T08:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1046711\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T08:19:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T08:19:29","slug":"how-this-emirati-is-building-a-nutrition-brand-from-local-dates-and-camel-milk-to-boost-food-security-and-homegrown-resilience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1046711\/","title":{"rendered":"How this Emirati is building a nutrition brand from local dates and camel milk to boost food security and homegrown resilience"},"content":{"rendered":"

Opportunity in local ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n

That decision has led him to dates and camel milk, two ingredients that have sustained communities across the region for generations.<\/p>\n

For Gargash, these weren’t just nutritious ingredients. They have represented an opportunity to rethink how local resources could create value far beyond the farm.<\/p>\n

Around the world, countries have been looking for ways to strengthen domestic industries and reduce reliance on imports. Gargash has believed that food presents one of the biggest opportunities.<\/p>\n

“With ingredients such as dates and camel milk, the opportunity is not only to sell them in raw form. It is to turn them into modern nutrition products, food ingredients, new technologies, and exportable Emirati brands,” explained Gargash.<\/p>\n

Why the future still needs farmers<\/strong><\/p>\n

As artificial intelligence and emerging technologies transform industries around the world, agriculture has often been part of the conversation. Gargash does not believe technology will replace farming.<\/p>\n

Instead, he has seen it as a way to empower the people already doing the work.<\/p>\n

“I do not think food innovation or artificial intelligence will replace the fundamentals of agriculture. We will still need farms, farmers, crops, and strong supply chains,” said Gargash.<\/p>\n

Lesson behind the journey<\/strong><\/p>\n

Like many entrepreneurs, Gargash has admitted that the path was far from straightforward. The business people see today has been the result of years of research, experimentation, setbacks, and refinement.<\/p>\n

That experience has taught him something he often shares with aspiring founders.<\/p>\n

“Many people wait until they have the perfect idea, product, or plan. But perfectionism can stop people from starting at all,” described Gargash.<\/p>\n

\"Tricia<\/a><\/p>\n

Tricia is a reporter and anchor whose work focuses on people, policy, expatriate communities, and Filipinos at home and abroad. Her reporting spans national affairs, overseas Filipinos, and major developments across the Middle East. She holds a degree in Broadcasting and has contributed to leading media organisations. With experience across television, print, and digital platforms, Tricia continues to develop a clear, credible voice in a rapidly evolving global media landscape.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Opportunity in local ingredients That decision has led him to dates and camel milk, two ingredients that have…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1046712,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4318],"tags":[105,4434,287804,2722,16,15],"class_list":["post-1046711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nutrition","tag-health","tag-nutrition","tag-stories-of-success","tag-uae","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116804109509471153","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1046711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1046711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1046711\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1046712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1046711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1046711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1046711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}