In house sustainable practices:
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- Buying from the land, giving back to the land
- We buy as much as we can from local farms, foragers and producers.
- All vegetable matter, coffee/tea waste and egg shells are composted and given back to the farms we work with to enrich the soil.
- We buy products that are sustainable/ organically grown to keep the land we live in and ourselves healthy.
- Conservation of our resources
- We collect rainwater for mopping the floors and watering our plants.
- We encourage the use of our water saving facilities.
- All light bulbs used in customer areas are 9 watts, 5 to 10 times lower usage than conventional bulbs.
- Alternative energy sources
- We show our customers that alternative energy sources are a reality with our demonstration solar system powering the hallway lights, register, music and entrance fountain (works all year).
- Our space is heated by locally harvested forest service slash wood, a sustainable local resource that takes no long distance transport or processing that wastes energy consumption.
- Lowering our environmental impact
- We have recently made a “no plastic” pledge for our “to go” containers. We now use corn plastic products that are made from corn and 100% compost able/biodegradaable.
- We also have adopted a non-chlorine sanitizing product for all our cleaning and sanitizing. Approved by the Dept. of health, this product reduces the levels of chlorine released into the sewer system and the environment.
- Buying from the land, giving back to the land
Vroom! Supports https://www.farmsanctuary.org/
Bat Blend! Supports http://www.batcon.org/
Campfire Blend supports http://www.oregonwild.org/
A portion of the profits from the sale of each one of these varieties helps support the endeavors of these great groups.