Ready to answer the country’s growing hunger for more green living, a new eco-friendly dining concept called Founding Farmers will open in Washington, DC this September, with sustainable agriculture at the heart of the menu and a restaurant designed to meet Leadership in Energy Efficient Design (LEED) certification criteria and Green Restaurant Operational standards.
Developed by VSAG (Vucurevich Simons Advisory Group, http://www.vsag.com) in conjunction with a collective of American Family Farmers, Founding Farmers (http://www.wearefoundingfarmers.com ) will serve fresh Farm-to-Table American-inspired true food and drink in a new, 8,500 square foot soaring space that will accommodate approximately 250 seats. The site is a prominent location at
Founding Farmers is the first restaurant in the District to seek the LEED Gold certification rating as determined by the US Green Building Council (USGBC), and will also operate as a Green Certified Restaurant, with operational standards to reduce waste, recycle more, and practice earth-friendly food service.
As a Green Certified Restaurant, approved by the Green Restaurant Association, Founding Farmers will source locally and regionally whenever possible, and will follow strict guidelines for reducing energy use and waste, with management and staff learning the best earth-friendly practices such as water conservation and recycling. In the dining room, eco-friendly choices menus printed on recycled paper with soy-based inks, and house-filtered water that doesn’t come in throwaway bottles. The restaurant has invested in the state-of-the-art Natura® water system to provide guests with fresh-filtered, purified, mineral-filled, chilled sparkling and still water served in glass carafes to greatly reduce fuel costs and polluting emissions without truck deliveries, and to reduce tons of plastic and glass waste.
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