1. Stop Giving Waste Fryer Oil Away! – More than likely someone is recycling your waste fryer oil for you. Hopefully you’re not paying for that service. Soon, though, you’ll want to keep that oil to yourself and generate your own electricity. Learn why in this post.
2. Chefs Make Their Own Honey – From vegetables to honey, chefs are making a lot of ingredients themselves these days, and saving a lot of food miles in the process.
3. How Chipotle Went Platinum– A Chipotle franchise in Gurnee Mills, IL recently won Platinum energy efficiency from LEED. Learn more about the program in this post.
4. Have You Joined The NRA’s Conserve Initiative?– The National Restaurant Association’s Conserve Initiative is and effort to bring more of the food service industry into the energy efficiency fold. Learn more in this post.
5. Can We Bring Bluefin Tuna Back From The Brink? – The bluefin has been fished nearly to extinction, but an Australian fisherman has figured out how to bring them back from the brink. Learn more in this post.
6. Is Your Kitchen Ventilation Sucking Up Money? – That hood in your kitchen uses A LOT of energy. Learn how to make sure it’s running as efficiently as possible in this post.
7. The Conflict Between Local Food And Local Government – “Urban farming,” the increasingly popular practice of planting vegetables in vacant lots and rooftops in urban environments, sometimes comes into conflict with municipal ordinances. Learn how that conflict is shaping up in one California town.