Outside of Hood River, Oregon, fruit trees sprawl across acres and acres of bucolic landscape of the Columbia River Gorge. Sam Asai and his family have been tending their orchard here for generations.
Sam, whose grandparents emigrated from Japan in the early 20th century, owns and operates the orchard together with his family. Sam’s grandparents purchased some of the land that now makes up A&J’s acreage in the 1900s, raising their family and establishing their first fruit trees.
With approximately 38% of food in our supply chain going to waste — costing roughly $218 billion each year — the need for food waste reduction is overwhelming from an equity, economic, and environmental perspective. While these numbers are shocking, it’s easy to get lost in the national statistics and fail to see the immense amount of community-driven change happening all around us. At ReFED’s annual conference, the focus was sharing strategies on food waste reduction across local and federal levels and between public and private sectors.
In 2014, Vincent Gaikens went looking for a change. After a decade and a half of working for another large food service company, he felt a longing to develop relationships with local farmers and showcase seasonal ingredients from his home state of Ohio. After a brief job search, Vincent found a match with Bon Appétit […]
Bon Appétit Management Company is an on-site restaurant company offering full food-service management to corporations, universities, museums, and other specialty venues. Based in Palo Alto, CA, we operate more than 1,000 cafés in 33 states. Our chefs cook from scratch, including sauces, stocks, and soups. Widely recognized as a pioneer in environmentally sound sourcing policies, we are proud to be the first food service company to:
Directly support small, local farms
We 💕 a good farmers' market! Share the love and tag your favorite market below 👇
📸: Our @foundryandlux team supports a monthly farmers' market for tenants. Their most recent market featured lots of seasonal faves from @simbasheirloomfarm and bread from @firebrandbread.
#LoveBonAppetit #FarmersMarketLove #SupportLocal #LocalFarms #ShopLocal #EatLocal
It's wedding season 💍
Our culinary and event planning teams are in full swing bringing everything from a small wedding to a large celebration to life. Reach out to your local Bon Appétit team to start planning your wedding (or next event!) with us.
Here's some moments we 💗 from recent weddings:
1️⃣ The bride and groom enjoying custom cocktails by our @eventsatcma team
2️⃣ A wedding reception set-up at @bonappetit.rosehulman
3️⃣ A family at a ceremony hosted at @stemsf
#LoveBonAppetit #WeddingSeason #EventPlanning #WeddingMoments #WeddingInspiration
Regenerative agriculture is the current “trend” in sustainable food, but have you heard of a ...
Regenerative agriculture is the current “trend” in sustainable food, but have you heard of a poultry-centered regenerative agroforestry system? 🐔
Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin, the mind behind Minneapolis-based Fair Trade Certified Peace Coffee (and our Farm to Fork partner!), has shifted his focus to regenerative chicken production at Salvatierra Farms.
As an immigrant from Guatemala, Regi focuses on ancestral indigenous ways of thinking, relating, and working as a part of nature. This philosophy and system design, known as PCRA, meets or exceeds every environmental and animal welfare standard in the industry.
Enter: The Tree-Range® Chicken. Here’s what defines a poultry-centered regenerative agroforestry system:
1️⃣ Chickens live in forested rotating paddocks to more closely mimic their preferred shady, jungle-like habitat.
2️⃣ Perennials store carbon, reduce erosion, and enhance water retention.
3️⃣ Trees provide supplemental income and a nutritious food source for the chickens.
4️⃣ The tree canopy allows for easy growth of sprouted grains, a nutritious food supplement.
5️⃣ Chickens naturally weed and fertilize the land, which enriches the soil and supports the growth of native plants.
Regi’s Salvatierra Farms is part of a collectively owned network of seven farms where all farmers operate within the same PCRA ecosystem, sharing the same philosophy, and raising their product under the Tree-Range label.
Our team at Carleton College is proud to support Regi in growing his farm business. We’re also excited to contribute to the broader Poultry-Centered Regenerative Agriculture ecosystem as the farming network and non-profit continue to expand.
Learn more about how Tree-Range is revitalizing agriculture as we know it at the link in our bio.
📸: Salvatierra Farms #FarmtoFork #RegenerativeAgriculture #Agroforestry #SustainableFood #TreeRangeFarms #SalvatierraFarms #AnimalWelfare #RegenerativeFarming
Bon Appetit’s new Dine Well, Eat Smart monthly takeover series at UPenn taps into the college-age generation’s wants and needs, from lowering their carbon footprint, to elevating their mood, all in a chill, low-key manner.
Seeking relief from South Florida’s soaring heat, outdoor workers in South Florida appealed to politicians in Miami-Dade and Tallahassee for help. They got none. Now, a coalition of farmworkers from South-Dade and Immokalee intend to take their campaign directly to the powerful fast food and grocery industries that buy the produce they harvest.
Allowing pigs to turn around. It may seem like a modest goal, but it’s taken decades of advocacy for this basic humane standard to become law in California. Yet now, some politicians are doing anything they can to undo this work—including overturning elections—to achieve their goals.
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