This week, Harakh Mehta sits down with Justine Reichman — founder of nextgenpurpose.com and host of the @essential.ingredients podcast — a champion of regenerative food, food equity, and diversity with purpose at the root of everything she does.

In this conversation, Justine shares the unexpected Mexico City origin story of her entire movement (it starts with a hair blowout), the surprising thematic bridge between regenerative food and natural diamonds, and the story behind every piece of jewelry she’s wearing — each one a thread connecting her to someone she’s loved and lost.

Plus: transparency, trust, family business, and the challenge of calling your mother something other than “mom” in a corporate meeting.

Justine’s gem of an insight: it’s better together.

Gems With Harakh — Episode 7. New episodes every week. Subscribe and follow @gemswithharakh | Learn more at harakh.com

Chapters:

00:00 Intro

01:33 Meet Justine Reichman

02:21 What is regenerative food?

03:20 What is Next Gen Purpose?

04:00 The Mexico City origin story

06:26 The Jain diet & compassion toward the earth

10:13 "You know what's next, right? Jewelry."

13:28 Natural diamonds vs. lab grown

15:28 The jewelry stories — mom's earrings & the sapphire ring

17:09 The Harakh sunlight collection

20:18 How HARAKH started

25:18 Gandhi & the service of others

26:46 Rough moments & the entrepreneurial journey

29:03 Working in the family business

32:32 What's next for Justine

36:02 Gem of an Insight — "It's better together"