By National Restaurant Association staff

There’s no question that today’s consumers crave locally grown produce. But dealing with the variability of local or regional produce and coordinating with farmers can be challenging. Here are some ways to ease the path from farm to table.

By Walker Lunn, founder/manager of EnviRelation LLC

For the operator deciding to manage the amount of waste produced in his or her restaurant, here's some integral information to follow rather than discard.

By Dave Scholten, commercial segment manager at Gordon Food Service
 

If you are looking to become more sustainable at your restaurant, selecting a distributor that can meet those needs is a particularly important part of achieving that goal. There’s a lot that goes into developing a sustainability plan and we think it’s essential that certain questions be asked to help determine how effective a partner your distributor will be as you embark on your environmentally responsible journey.

By Christy Cook

In order to make longstanding changes in the areas of waste and sustainability, we need behavior change. We’ve known this for a while, so it might not seem surprising or novel, but we haven’t yet fully cracked the code on how to generate waste reducing behaviors. To change, we must shift the culture within our communities, our homes and our businesses.

By Jeff Clark

Practicing sustainability can be challenging, but if you stay true to your goals, employees and customers, success will be achieved and worth the effort.

By Richard Young

At a restaurant, water is the most important ingredient used every day.

If you run out of onions you can usually find a work-around, but it is game over if your water supply runs dry. And while that fact may be obvious, most operators don’t consider that water is a commodity purchased from a supplier and it is growing more expensive all the time.

By George McKerrow

There are some who say our industry isn’t sustainable enough, but the truth is many companies are committed to being more efficient, preserving the environment, and saving money.