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Now If Only They'd Stop Serving Meat
Restaurant biz hops onto the green bandwagon |
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08 Mar 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Now If Only They'd Stop Serving Meat Restaurant biz hops onto the green bandwagon Green ain't just the color of the broccoli anymore in the restaurant biz. And a good thing too: the average restaurant generates 50,000 pounds of waste (half of it food) and uses 300,000 gallons of water every year. Enter the Green Restaurant Association, which provides environmental assessments and "certifi ... |
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| Topics: business, food and agriculture, greening biz operations, news (all these topics) |
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Green-Up on Aisle Six
Supermarket chains now offering store-brand organic foods |
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05 May 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Green-Up on Aisle Six Supermarket chains now offering store-brand organic foods The hippies-and-yuppies stereotype that's long stuck to organic food may soon fade, as mainstream supermarket chains in the U.S. introduce hundreds of store-brand organic products. Supermarket organics can cost 10 to 15 percent less than national-brand organics, while still adhering to the same federal standards. Consumer demand is driving ... |
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| Topics: business, food and agriculture, news (all these topics) |
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Better Latte Than Never
Eco-friendly coffee could save El Salvador's dwindling wildlife |
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13 May 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Better Latte Than Never Eco-friendly coffee could save El Salvador's dwindling wildlife Environmental groups are working to help El Salvador's coffee farmers achieve green certification so that they can survive in a volatile worldwide market -- and the wildlife that finds refuge on their farms can survive as well. The country's native ecosystems have been almost entirely wiped out, and its once-prodigious ... |
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| Topics: business, El Salvador, food and agriculture, news (all these topics) |
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40 Acres and a Tax Break
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16 May 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| 40 Acres and a Tax Break California environmentalists and farmers rejoiced yesterday when Gov. Gray Davis (D) restored $40 million in funding for farmland and open-space protection under the Williamson Act. Together, farmers and enviros had lobbied heavily against the proposed elimination of the act, under which the state pays back counties for property taxes lost when landowners are ... |
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| Topics: business, California, food and agriculture, news, placemaking, sprawl (all these topics) |
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