There is always so much talk about sustainability and the hundreds of different meanings to the word but foremost, sustainability is looked at in an environmental standpoint; how are we going to live in a sustainable manner without depleting our natural resources, how is my business going to live in a sustainable manner without depleting our natural resources, how … Continue reading What about SOCIAL sustainability?
Reusing Frying Oils for Bio Fuels: The Pathway to a More Sustainable Kitchen and Environment
While doing research for the project, I came across a website (www.ecolife.com) that helps individuals find more ways to be environmentally conscious in our daily lives. In the recycling section, I found that there are many ways to dispose of cooking oils, as its pathogens are very harmful to the environment, if poured down the … Continue reading Reusing Frying Oils for Bio Fuels: The Pathway to a More Sustainable Kitchen and Environment
Garden2Table
Garden2Table is a student run program that promotes food education to children in the greater Guelph community. Each year a team of students earn an academic credit by providing experiential learning opportunities for local school children. They also fundraise for an incredible project called the Guelph Center for Urban Organic Farming. (GCUOF) http://gcuof.wordpress.com/ Made up of four hospitality students and one … Continue reading Garden2Table
Packaging…Tomatoes?
I went shopping at quite the large and popular grocery chain and saw these lovely tomatoes with TONS of packaging. If you can't see clearly there are 2 tomatoes in a cardboard box entirely wrapped in plastic. They are from Ontario which threw me for a loop even more as to why they would need … Continue reading Packaging…Tomatoes?
My Chat with Alex Rechichi
Not too long ago I attended an inspirational talk named ,quite suitably, "Inspire" that consisted of 2 speakers that shared their stories with us students. Alex Rechichi was one of the speakers and really shared an inspiring and honest story about his rise to success in the food industry specifically being an entrepreneur starting his … Continue reading My Chat with Alex Rechichi
College Royal
Waste not want not!
I recently attended an event at the University of Guelph Library that was promoting their expansive Canadian cookbook collection. Thumbing through several of the 19th century journals on display I was quick to realize a theme that I couldn't recall in modern incarnations of cookbooks. Waste, and how to limit it was ever-present throughout the recipes and pages … Continue reading Waste not want not!
Some goings on!
We are well into the winter semester here at the University of Guelph. Once again we are measuring plate waste at PJ's as well as running some other exciting projects. Professor Bahram Gharabagi has a group from his 3rd year engineering class studying what it would cost to overhaul PJ's kitchen equipment to 'state of the art' Energy Star products. They … Continue reading Some goings on!
The word Sustainable…..
Pj’s 2.0
When this project started back in May 2011, I sat down and read a stack of cases from Bruce’s 4190 Operations Planning course. The cases were all focused on pj’s restaurant and the restaurant operations course. The cases provided analysis of the operation and gave recommendations of future ideas and changes that could be implemented … Continue reading Pj’s 2.0
University of Guelph Sustainable Restaurant Project 