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Skip the Straw: How Restaurants Can Make an Impact

Modern Restaurant Management

A group of Whitehall Middle School students known as “The Coral Keepers” founded National Skip the Straw Day in 2017 under the guidance of their advisor, Susan Tate. When they have run their lifetime, the straws will decompose in your regular garden compost pile. The intention behind National Skip the Straw Day on Feb.

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The 20/20 on 2020: Restaurant Experts Weigh In

Modern Restaurant Management

We know that consumers associate compostable disposables with a higher level of care in preparing their meal, that the food is better, and feel that through their order they are doing something positive for the world—all positive associations for the restaurant brand for which consumers are willing to pay more.

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Stone Barns Claims It’s Fixing Agriculture. Former Employees Say the Farm Was Plagued by Dysfunction.

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Because of the pervasive influence of the Rockefeller family and Stone Barns in the relatively small world of sustainable agriculture, a number of people who spoke for this story did not wish to be identified. Workers plow fields at the Stone Barns farm in Pocantico Hills, New York, in April 2017.

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#LifeOrDeathRecipe Challenge and ‘A Woman’s Place’

Modern Restaurant Management

In 2017, at its annual Stars of the Industry Gala, the Restaurant Association of Maryland presented Plamondon with the Brice & Shirley Phillips Lifetime Achievement Award. That’s why the compostable packaging is more important than ever. We’re thrilled with the compostable solution provided by Harvest Pack.

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When Did Vinegar Get So Cool?

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Katz says he hasn’t needed to market his vinegars for the past eight years as customers have grown more knowledgeable about the importance of good ingredients, largely thanks to the internet and the long-simmering influence of food visionaries like James Beard and Alice Waters. She loves compost, em dashes, and eating too many plums.

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Orange Is the New Yolk

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A 2017 spread in the magazine called “Put an Egg On It,” written by Chris Morocco and Amiel Stanek, put forth a primer on fried, poached, and boiled eggs to suit the modern “egg-topped age.” It’s difficult to locate the first use of the phrase “jammy egg,” but Bon Appétit certainly vaulted it into the lexicon of the masses.

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Coffee News Recap, 16 Dec: ICO lowers coffee consumption growth forecast to 1% to 2% until 2030, CEPEA says more rainfall needed in Brazil for successful 2022/23 harvest & other stories

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Decafino compostable pouches are made from plant-based polylactic acid plastic, and include food-grade seaweed extract and natural minerals. Tue, 6 Dec – Chamberlain Coffee launches commercial-compostable coffee pods. International Coffee Organisation lowers growth forecast of global coffee consumption to 1% to 2% until 2030.

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