food & restaurant
Greens Restaurant [posted on June 15, 2006]
On each visit, you will enjoy Chef Annie Somerville's daily menu, which draws from a repertoire that has made Greens one of the premiere vegetarian restaurants in the country. From their airy, art-filled dining room, with floor to ceiling windows, you are treated to sweeping views of the Marina, the Golden Gate Bridge and the Marin headlands. [Greens Restaurant]
The Edible Schoolyard [posted on June 15, 2006]
In collaboration with Martin Luther King Junior Middle School, this program provides urban public school students with a one-acre organic garden and a kitchen classroom. Using food systems as a unifying concept, students learn how to grow, harvest, and prepare nutritious seasonal produce. Experiences in the kitchen and garden foster a better understanding of how the natural world sustains us. [The Edible Schoolyard]
Divinely D'Lish [posted on June 14, 2006]
Handmade in the Bay Area from local, organic and artisanal ingredients, these are truly gourment granola goodies. Created from southern recipies, Divinely D'lish makes an assortment of chewy, wheat-free granola bars with a flavor to satisfy everyone's different taste buds. Also available are their two different granola mixes, one of them being dairy free. [Divinely D'Lish]
Copia [posted on June 14, 2006]
This is the Wine Country gathering place for people, learning and ideas. Through a menu of fun and interactive programs, tastings, exhibitions, festivals, dining, performances and organic gardens, COPIA brings the general public and enthusiasts together with leading vintners, chefs, gardeners and artists to explore and celebrate wine, food, gardens and the arts. [Copia]
Compassionate Cooks [posted on June 14, 2006]
Dedicated to empowering people to make informed food choices and to debunking myths about vegetarianism through cooking classes, nutrition courses, workshops and lectures, farmed animal sanctuary tours, and cooking DVDs. Compassionate Cooks gives people the tools and resources they need to prevent disease, optimize their health, and create new habits that benefit the Earth and all its inhabitants. [Compassionate Cooks]
Cafe Gratitude [posted on June 14, 2006]
This vegetarian restaurant selects the finest organic ingredients to honor the earth. Cafe Gratitude also supports local farmers, sustainable agriculture and environmnetally friendly products. Step inside and enjoy being someone who chooses; loving your life, adoring yourself, accepting the world, being generous and grateful everyday, and experiencing being provided for. Have fun and enjoy nourishing yourself. [Cafe Gratitude]
Boulette's Larder [posted on June 14, 2006]
A glimpse into the heart of a working, professional kitchen framed by a retail counter where personal attention is offered by a skilled and responsive staff. The best seasonal cuisine answers your cravings for flavors while remaining true to the available ingredients at hand. Boulette's Larder invites you to consider their kitchen as an important function in the sequence of seasonal cooking, with seasonal ingredients and dishes prepared fresh. [Boulette's Larder]
Besos Foods [posted on June 14, 2006]
Farm-Fresh Meal Kits from Besos Foods include all the ingredients you need to cook a gourmet meal at home in about 20 minutes. All the local, organic ingredients are included: fresh produce, herbs, meats, sauces, etc.-prepped and portioned. You cook the meal at home according to fool proof instructions. Kits can be ordered online or by phone and are delivered Monday-Friday in the Bay Area. [Besos Foods]
Back to Earth Organic Catering [posted on June 14, 2006]
Specializing in serving fresh, seasonal cuisine, carefully prepared and artfully presented to complement the atmosphere of your event. Back to Earth serves vegetarian and vegan fare, free-range natural meats, sustainable fish, the highest quality organic ingredients, along with supporting local farmers and businesses. [Back to Earth Organic Catering]
Eco Meal [posted on June 8, 2006]
Eat farm to table in New York and New Jersey with OrganicDirect.com, who offer organic food of all kinds for delivery at wholesale prices. Get goods from organic dairy, meat and poultry, pastries and peanut butter to cheesecake, beer and chocolate. They also tailor their services to specific diets such as vegetarian, gluten-free and raw food lovers, by offering a huge selection of fresh organically grown fruits, nuts and soy products. [Organic Direct]
Down to Earth Vegetarian Food Store [posted on June 1, 2006]
Hawaii's largest natural foods chain and the largest all-vegetarian natural foods chain in the country, Down to Earth is all about "healthy foods at prices that won't make you sick." Aside from the store, the website offers a vast array of useful articles, health tips, environmental info and vegetarian recipes. [Down to Earth]
Green Home Environmental Store [posted on May 13, 2006]
With resources, products and ideas to green your home, room by room, Green Home remains one of the larger environmentally-friendly retailers on the web. Categories from apparel to furniture to kitchen to garden are full of products to help you make it greener and keep it green; their handy Neighborhood Profiler helps find more information and resources about living green in your neck of the woods. [Green Home]
Annie's Homegrown [posted on May 1, 2006]
Producers of some of the tastiest mac & cheese around, Annie's has become the 2nd largest brand of macaroni and cheese in the US. Their distribution reaches all 50 states, helping us eat responsibly and acting responsibly across the country. Annie's buys more organic durum semolina wheat than any other producer of organic pasta in the US for the 13 different varieties of totally natural mac & cheese, and are expanding into new lines of food like microwave, skillet and canned pasta. [Annie's Homegrown]
Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream [posted on May 1, 2006]
A longtime leader of both corporate social responsibility and great ice cream, Ben & Jerry's strives to make a positive difference while making fun, funky flavors of ice cream. From "Lick Global Warming" to using small family farms and hormone-free dairy for their ice cream, Ben & Jerry's has been doing good things beyond the cone since 1978. [Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream]
Chocaid Chocolate Shop [posted on May 1, 2006]
Every time you purchase CHOCaid.com chocolate gifts you are donating money to projects which help counter hunger in the developing world. You are also able to decide the exact hunger project to benefit from your money. Much of the chocolate is certified organic and fair-trade, and 100% of the donations raised by CHOCaid go directly to the projects, which benefit people in developing countries all over the world. [CHOCaid]
