thiruvananthapuram the ayush department will organise a good food conclave at institute of engineers hall near kanakakkunnu on february 16the event which aims to develop healthy food alternatives based on the traditional systems of medicine is part of a fiveday international conclave scheduled to be held from february 15 the conclave will act as a platform for discussing production processing distribution and sale of food in detailthe good food conclave will focus on the demand that the food policy should be formulated jointly by medical practitioners farmers and cooks the conclave will be attended by eminent medical practitioners wellknown personalities in the food processing sector and young farmers it will also discuss about protein deficiencies excess food and other contemporary issues and propose solutions for the sameayush cookery classes based on the topic of health through food will be organized for the public kudumbashree workers and social welfare department employees on the premises of jawahar balabhavan from february 15 to 18 good dishes in ayurveda sidha unani homeopathy and naturopathy streams will be introduced in the classesclasses will be held in four batches from 1130am to 530pm the registration fee for the class is rs 250 the participants will be given a book containing 100 recipes either in english or malayalam