Conserve: Sustainable Restaurant Solutions

05/29/2019

Hotels often have restaurants in them (obviously), but foodservice has an oversized environmental impact compared to the rest of the hotel!

Where should a hotel owner/manager start with sustainability efforts in their foodservice location? Food sourcing or plant-based burgers? Replacing old equipment with their Energy Star qualified equivalents? Find out at HotelExecutive: https://www.hotelexecutive.com/feature_focus/6162/the-
oversized-impact-of-onsite-dining-and-ideas-to-tame-it

The hotel industry is taking great steps to improve the sustainability of their businesses, but onsite dining might be inadvertently overlooked. Restaurants are complex businesses and improving the environmental performance of foodservice can be challenging, oftentimes because of this complexity. Sh...

01/09/2019

Interested to know what your customers think about emerging food issues like agricultural gene editing and glyphosate? Want to network with 70+ restaurant dietitians from national brands? Join me in Fort Lauderdale, FL, March 13-14 to discuss these and other nutrition-related (and ag sustainability) topics. https://restaurant.org/Events-Networking/Networking-Groups/Nutrition-1

10/31/2018

Today is the last day of National Seafood Month and, earlier this October, the Marine Stewardship Council served journalists one of our member restaurant's food that is sourced sustainably. Can you guess who?

10/02/2018

Did you know: October is National Seafood Month! We are celebrating the sustainably-certified Filet-O-Fish sandwich, with MSC - Marine Stewardship Council and McDonald's. seafood doesn't have to be expensive; just make sure it is delicious!

08/22/2018

Need to learn how to cut food waste in your ? Learn from the best: Chick-fil-A, Aramark and BlueCart! Webinar signup here: http://bit.ly/2OXa9eC

05/11/2018

Attending the 2018 National Restaurant Association Show (May 19-22, Chicago)? Have sustainability restaurant questions? See Association staff at "The Water Cooler" Sunday and Monday around 11:30 AM to noon (South Hall). All eco-questions welcome!

05/11/2018

Caught our friend Barton Seaver on the TV show 60 Minutes, cooking seaweed --- oops... sea-greens --- for host Lesley Stahl. Check it out at:

Seaweed may be thought of as a nuisance, but an increasing number of fishermen, scientists and consumers are seeing it as a solution

05/11/2018

Found a great new sustainable seafood serries in the works for PBS: Good Catch Films. Keep an eye out for this engaging chef- and seafarer-driven series.

04/10/2018

Want to learn how and why to compost in your restaurant? Sign up for the Compost Collaborative's free webinar (April 17, 1:00 PM EST): https://t.e2ma.net/click/lrgq7/th2ing/9hdsfg

02/26/2018

Webinar: 15 food waste fighting questions you need to ask your kitchen right now! Organized by LeanPath

Join LeanPath’s Chef Robb White on March 15th, 2018. Getting to the Bottom of Top Food Waste Sources. 15 Food Waste Fighting Questions You Need to Ask Your Kitchen Team.

02/26/2018

Great read! Rethink in NYC converts food scraps to delicious food, helping to feed 1.4 million people facing hunger in New York City.

ReThink Food NYC is the brainchild of a former Eleven Madison Park chef

02/08/2018

Just how "green" is the restaurant industry?
Find out in our latest report! http://www.restaurant.org/News-Research/Research/State-of-Restaurant-Sustainability