Food Font is happy to have a home in Durham! We are excited to be selected as a member of the Green Plus Durham Food System Consortium (DFSC), which has been created by the North Carolina Triangle-based Institute for Sustainable Development (ISD) and the Burt’s Bees Greater Good Foundation. The DFSC is comprised of local, food-centric businesses and nonprofits who share best practices and collaborate to strengthen the area’s food system and help protect the environment.
Food Font is one of the 20 organizations that have been selected to be part of the consortium. As a member of Green Plus, we will be working with the ISD to improve the triple bottom line (people, planet, profit) of Food Font. We will be working with a mentor in order to better understand how our actions can protect our local environment.
Some things I am looking forward to developing and getting support with are developing a sustainability plan with key objectives, selecting and presenting some environmentally friendly products to use for the project, and committing to engaging the Food Font community as it grows with issue of environment and social/community impact.
As part of the DFSC, we will participate in periodic group conversations and meet other Durham based small businesses and non-profits that grow, distribute, prepare food or raise awareness of food system issues. Some of the other members are Cocao and Cinnamon, a local coffee shop, and Sweet Beet City Farm, a urban farm in Durham.
Thanks to the Institute for Sustainable Development, Green Plus and The Burt’s Bees Greater Good Foundation for giving us an opportunity to be part of this new consortium!
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gogreenplus.org/
Links:
Green Plus – Burt’s Bees + Green Plus Food System Consortium in Durham
www.burtsbees.com/c/root-values-burt-s-bees.html