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What is It?

• Local restaurants are both a source of food for the Green Garage and also a way of participating in the local economy and culture.

Why is it Important?

Local restaurants to the Green Garage:

• Strengthen our relationship to the community.
• Help restore the planet's eco-systems, e.g. purchasing local foods to avoid more transportation of food.
• Encourage people to work cooperatively to manage the flow of food in to and out of the building and neighborhood.
• Promote the idea that good local food should be available to all.
• Operate within a One Earth pattern of living by encouraging less food waste, better choices for the planet, simplicity of use.

When to Use It?

• Our local restaurant system will be used on a continuous basis at the Green Garage.
• We will know the system is sustainable when people are comfortable with the system, when a small amount of garbage goes out every week (and that amount reduces over time), and when the amount of energy and water used is kept at minimal levels.
• The system would not be sustainable if people felt uncomfortable with the restaurants, food system or embarrassed by their food choices, or if the amount of energy/water used rose over time.

Green Garage Use of Food Management

Restaurants within walking distance

• Motor City Brewing Works
• Traffic Jam & Snug
• Bronx Bar
• Cass Cafe
• Avalon Bakery
• Goodwell's Market
• Union Street
• Honest John's
• Shangi-La
• Epicurus
• The Potato Place
• Slow's To Go
• Mario's Italian Villa

Restaurants outside of Midtown

• Le Petit Zinc
• Mi Pueblo

Related Internal Links

• Special Projects
• Food Management

Resources

• Resources will include appliances selected, composting/recycling/trash system selected, selection of cabinets, sink, etc.

To do

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