The Vision Behind A Sustainable Restaurant

Creating a restaurant from the ground up is an ambitous endeavor in itself. To base the theme of such a restaurant around locally produced food, good land stewardship, and preserving social tastes is even more grand. Stu Stein, owner of Terroir shares his philosophy and vision. Recipes from the episode: Dungeness Crab and Fuji Apple with Curry Mayonnaise; Game Hen en Cocotte with Sweet Potato Bread; Cornmeal Fried Oysters with a Salad of Organic Greens and Lemon-Caper Aioli

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[BobbyBo14]

kareno18, if anything is clear about the farming system in the US its that subsidies and legislation CAN NOT support the system. Legislation only produces mono culture in the market, and will always be behind consumer trends. Government support of farmers with no market to sell goods means a lot of rotten food. The EU supports their food culture on good taste and regional pride. They buy from their farmers, and seek out the best stuff. It is working in the US now, just open your eyes.

[kareno18]

a poor farmer isn't going to care that he's cutting the last tree that holds the soil down if his family is going to be homeless because he can't make a living off farming - because 80% of all farm subsidies go to 10-20% of the farms

[kareno18]

you can't change a system simply by changing your consumer habit, it will just become another money-making process like the current green-washing industry of virtually EVERYTHING

it requires changes to the system - legislation to create mass-scale changes, and that requires learning & getting involved in the civic process

every month, DOZENS of farms close, its a STRUCTURAL problem

[kareno18]

also: he is building a restaurant that caters primarily to an upper-socio-economic status class.. who can afford the unfortunately higher prices of local foods (compare to imports)

the fact taht you have to be wealthy in order to eat healthy (poor people don't have the time or money to buy or grow their own food), raises questions about actually helping those in need

[kareno18]

i couldn't help but notice the SUV...

perhaps for transportation of goods etc. but if he's purchasing local, I don't think he needs an SUV

[mensmaximus]

The idea of wasting money in a restaurant is as ------ as driving an suv.

[Sandler23]

i hope the restaurant does well, but i think you'll find it difficult to be sustainable. the more organic stuff you buy, the more expensive your food will have to be. your tomatoes might taste better, but i think it all comes down to paying the bills and you just can't get that done with the sustainability mentality.

[chefg33]

well..notice the restaurant was not quite put together yet. He was going through the process of building one. Hence the chair buying clips. I think the building does feel like "earth".With the bricks and the brick oven, you feel there. Its all personal opinions. The locale and outside design looks great. personal opinions.

[ryanmczero]

Maybe. It would be cool if the renderings didn't look so blank. Restaurants should be a feeling, especially a place called "earth". That doesn't look or feel like earth. And what were the chair buying clips for?

[ryanmczero]

Maybe. It would be cool if the renderings didn't look so blank. Restaurants should be a feeling, especially a place called "earth". That doesn't look or feel like earth. And what were the chair buying clips for?