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This article is interesting as we have mostly been talking about independent restaurant owners going green. This article explains how the Federal government is trying to place a sustainable system into their dining facilities. As many people work for the government i found it hard to believe that just recently it has been brought into sight. Eliminating saturated and trans fats in all dining facilities would be a great idea, and educating their employees on fitness may result in overall healthier employees. This plan that the General Services Administration is implementing covers a lot of ground. It goes from purchasing to cooking, and then on to cleaning making all of these processes now economically friendly.
One part of the article i did not get though is the fact that they mentioned costs. I mean we are talking about our Federal and state governments, not some independent guy just barely making it by.
I feel that if our government puts this plan into effect that they would be a big leader to follow. Maybe if more people saw that even our federal government is going green that maybe more will follow in their footsteps.
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So the article talks about how government owned food facilities are now going green and using sustainable products and local sourced products.
ReplyDeleteIf the government is now going green and being sustainable, this might trigger the rest of the country to do the same. This means that the government can possibly set a law that makes establishments go green. This can be useful if it catches on.
If all of the government owned foodservice establishments are now sustainable, this means that the government is making an effort to help the environment and maybe even help the industry. This is a good article and a great way for the government to step in and try and make more places use locally sourced products and remaining sustainable.
Establishing a program where all government owned food facilities go green and use sustainable/local products is a great idea. They're talking from purchasing, production and to the very end [cleaning!]; making this their requirement to be more eco-friendly should definitely set an example for any food establishment. After all, everything the government does is right, right? Well, at least this time.
ReplyDeleteThese programs will require people to plan them and people to run them, which in turn may provide job openings and possibly help out unemployment rates. I do believe though these salary, wages and employee benefit expenses are at least one aspect part of the 'additional costs concern' for them.
ALTHOUGH, since these programs are hopefully going to be properly executed, it will eventually save on health care costs (since the whole point was to start improving the health of federal employees) and the payroll expenses shouldn't be that big of an issue! Ta-da!