In this article from CNET on who's greener, Microsoft or Google, there's a gem way down near the end:
Among the [Google} campus's five cafeterias is one opened in March called Cafe 150, which serves only ingredients from farms within 150 miles of the kitchen. The trash volume in the dining room is zero and all the to-go silverware, cups and containers are compostable, said Nate Keller, Cafe 150 executive chef. The ovens are economical, using computers to set temperatures and cooking times. One local supplier delivers goods in a biodiesel-based truck and fills it up with fat from the kitchen's fryer, Keller said.
"If you transport food from Chile, or even Florida, that's a significant distance and greenhouse gases are emitted in the transportation of that food," Van Velsor said.
Yeah, it's spreading.
(And can I just add that it's about durn time mainstream environmentalism made a come-back?)
Sara Zoë is a farm groupie on the seacoast of New Hampshire and blogs between grad school and work about folkfood.
