Growing Green Awards winner champions sustainable catering
Natural Resources Defense Council has announced winners of the “Growing Green Awards” recognizing leaders and innovators in the field of sustainable food. Among the winners was business leader Fedele Bauccio, CEO and Founder of Bon Appétit Management Company. Bauccio has been a pioneer in addressing the connection between food and climate change through Bon Appétit’s Low Carbon Diet initiative. Sweeping changes have been made to the menu at Bon Appétit’s 400 cafeterias nationwide, reducing foods with largest global warming impacts (beef and air-transported ingredients), sourcing locally, and reducing food waste.
“Bon Appétit Management Company strives to change the way people view their food,” said Bauccio. “A decade ago, we created direct purchasing relationships with small family owned farms; today, we’re tackling food’s connection to climate change. I’m honored to be recognized by NRDC and the panel for our business initiatives.”
Recently Bauccio addressed a standing-room only crowd at a breakfast meeting sponsored by the Portland Business Journal. There he detailed how every action we take in our food system has implications for the future.
In the Portland, OR area Lewis & Clark College, Reed College, and the Oregon Museum of Science & Industry (OMSI) are some of Bon Appétit’s clients.
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