Our energy and mobility systems are designed for the era of $10-a-barrel oil, an era that is long gone, and not coming back. Without planning ahead to a future where fossil fuels are not our primary source of energy, our region will remain dependent on a diminishing, increasingly expensive resource with well-documented impacts on both the environment and the world’s geopolitical stability. Moving away from oil dependence and meeting our greenhouse gas emission goals will mean building more energy-efficient communities. This in turn will affect everything from the design of our transportation systems to the design of our streets.
Finally, a case when a business plan competition led to an sustainable business. Two years after five Case students took top honors with their virtual farmer’s market, Fresh Fork has 60 Northeast Ohio farmers and 40 Cleveland-area restaurants ready to buy and sell fresh, locally grown produce on its web site.
This active trend toward local foods—with scads of people declaring themselves ‘locavores’—makes Fresh Fork a viable concern.
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More and more local restaurants are exploring how to serve food grown right here in Northeast Ohio. This is not only a way to create wonderful dishes from fresh food in season, but it also strengthens a local food economy.
This section will highlight the restaurants who are promoting local food. Local restaurants are invited to create their own page to tell their story.
And we also are including a list of restaurants that feature vegetarian food. Although vegetarianism isn't necessarily an issue for the local food economy, the entire world food system will be more sustainable if we eat lower on the food chain. Suggest your favorites!
Restaurants featuring local foods
Bar Cento
Baricelli Inn
Carrie Cerino’s Ristorante
Fire Food & Drink
Flying Fig
Great Lakes Brewing Co.
Light Bistro
Lolita
Lucky's Cafe
Marotta's
Mustard Seed Market & Cafe
Restaurants featuring vegetarian foods
Tommy's
This site is inspired by the memory of Richard Shatten, a former board member of EcoCity Cleveland,
who pushed Northeast Ohio to think strategically about regionalism and sustainability.
A service of the GreenCityBlueLake Institute at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History
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