APGA Partners with Green Restaurant Association
APGA is pleased to announce its new initiative to encourage APGA Member Gardens with restaurants and cafés to become Certified Green Restaurants® in accordance to the national non-profit Green Restaurant Association's certification guidelines.
We're also pleased to let APGA members know that they will receive 10% off the GRA's consulting services as a result of this recent endorsement. (Please share this information with your institution's "Green Team" or food service management.)
APGA is committed to educating the public about the importance of sustainable practices and environmental stewardship. One way to do this is by encouraging APGA Member Gardens with café's, restaurants, and foodservice facilities to become Certified Green Restaurants®. When done correctly, the green way of running your café or catering facility will help you save money, gain media attention, increase employee morale, and draw in new business.
Currently, Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens and Missouri Botanical Garden have both certified their dining facilities using the GRA's program. As an organization geared toward helping educate the public about environmental stewardship, the APGA is confident that this endorsement of the GRA's program is a green step in the right direction.
With this in mind, the APGA chose to endorse the GRA for the following reasons:
For additional information about the Green Restaurant Association, visit dinegreen.com. To find out more about Certification and to claim your 10% off preferred rate toward Certification, contact the GRA at outreach@dinegreen.com or 617-737-4422, and make sure to let them know you're a current APGA Institutional Member!
About the Green Restaurant Association
For the past two decades, the Green Restaurant Association has pioneered the Green Restaurant® movement in America. With experienced research, education, environmental consulting, and the world's largest database of environmental solutions for the restaurant industry, the GRA's expertise in this arena is unparalleled. To date, the GRA has certified thousands of restaurants including Mario Batali's famed establishments, Microsoft's corporate facilities, dining services at the American Museum of Natural History, and several other esteemed locations.
APGA is pleased to announce its new initiative to encourage APGA Member Gardens with restaurants and cafés to become Certified Green Restaurants® in accordance to the national non-profit Green Restaurant Association's certification guidelines.
We're also pleased to let APGA members know that they will receive 10% off the GRA's consulting services as a result of this recent endorsement. (Please share this information with your institution's "Green Team" or food service management.)
APGA is committed to educating the public about the importance of sustainable practices and environmental stewardship. One way to do this is by encouraging APGA Member Gardens with café's, restaurants, and foodservice facilities to become Certified Green Restaurants®. When done correctly, the green way of running your café or catering facility will help you save money, gain media attention, increase employee morale, and draw in new business.
Currently, Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens and Missouri Botanical Garden have both certified their dining facilities using the GRA's program. As an organization geared toward helping educate the public about environmental stewardship, the APGA is confident that this endorsement of the GRA's program is a green step in the right direction.
With this in mind, the APGA chose to endorse the GRA for the following reasons:
- Transparent certification program, which is open to the public and available online.
- Comprehensive standards that require restaurants to literally be "green" across the board, rather than simply excelling in one category, like sustainable food.
- Twenty-year track record of successfully consulting and certifying restaurants all over the U.S.
- The GRA is a national non-profit organization, rather than a for-profit business
For additional information about the Green Restaurant Association, visit dinegreen.com. To find out more about Certification and to claim your 10% off preferred rate toward Certification, contact the GRA at outreach@dinegreen.com or 617-737-4422, and make sure to let them know you're a current APGA Institutional Member!
About the Green Restaurant Association
For the past two decades, the Green Restaurant Association has pioneered the Green Restaurant® movement in America. With experienced research, education, environmental consulting, and the world's largest database of environmental solutions for the restaurant industry, the GRA's expertise in this arena is unparalleled. To date, the GRA has certified thousands of restaurants including Mario Batali's famed establishments, Microsoft's corporate facilities, dining services at the American Museum of Natural History, and several other esteemed locations.
