Longtime Bravo readers may remember Hunter Amlie, the cool 4-year-old with the sunglasses featured on the cover of spring 2009. And now, Hunter is Bon Appétit’s youngest Farm to Fork vendor!
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Johns Hopkins Students Visit Roseda Farm
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A farm visit offers firsthand knowledge of how supporting a sustainable food system means being more than just willing to pay a higher price.
RS5’s Scraps Feed Local Rescue Farm
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Of course Bravo readers know just how important food recovery and reduction of food waste is to Bon Appétit’s core values. So imagine how tickled Executive Chef/General Manager Ron Stewart of RS5 Café was to form a partnership with a farm that will let Bon Appétit feed the farm’s animals as well as its fields.
Country View Dairy Farmstead Yogurt Keeps “Culture” on the Farm
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Most milk has to travel hundreds of miles to arrive at a processing facility to be transformed into yogurt. At Country View Dairy, a Bon Appétit Farm to Fork partner, milk travels less than 200 feet from cow to yogurt cup.
Debunking Quinoa Myths at White Mountain Farm
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During my college visit road trip, I visited Farm to Fork partner White Mountain Farm, which grows quinoa in the gorgeous San LuisValley of Colorado. Ernie New was my tour guide. White Mountain claims to be the only successful large-scale quinoa operation in North America, and Ernie gets more orders than he can fill. (Seriously, he was hesitant to let me visit because he didn’t want me to do any advertising!) Here some of the quinoa truths and myths we discussed.
Northfield, MN Community Rallies for Rainy 2013 Farm Bike Tour
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Small, organic farms and bikes attract the same sort of fans, it appears — both are undeterred by inclement weather. Despite chilly rain, over a hundred students and community members came together for a bicycle-powered celebration of local farms, the second annual Farm Bike Tour, in Northfield, MN,
Albion College Embraces Farm to Fork
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The team members at Albion College in Albion, MI, were ready to focus on expanding their Farm to Fork program. Midwest Fellow S.K. Piper spent a few days there teaching the team how to enroll Farm to Fork vendors.
Eat Oregon First Makes Finding Local and Sustainable Food Easy
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In an effort to make “the highest quality local food available to the widest audience at the lowest prices possible,” farmer Scot Laney collaborated with other sustainable Oregon producers to start a local distribution program, Eat Oregon First.
Humanely Raised Chickens Hop Into (Johns) Hopkins
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As a company, we rely on third party certifications to assure ourselves and our guests that the commitments we make are meaningful and are being met. When I heard that Bon Appétit chefs at Johns Hopkins University had started sourcing Certified Humane chicken from Murray’s Chicken, I jumped at the chance to learn more about what the certification means for the well-being of the chickens, our health and the environment.
Celebrating Peachfest — and Masumoto Family Farm’s New Book
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Today, on July 24, Bon Appétit cafés across the country are celebrating Peachfest, a fun, delicious occasion to celebrate the summer peach harvest and showcase some of our local Farm to Fork peach growers.