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Comment by Ron on November 6, 2009 at 8:13pm

Check out this article on designing dining rooms. According to foodservicedirector.com, one of the most important things to consider is how the space is going to be used. Make sure to take into account the customer culture when designing the space and determining seating arrangements.

Read the full article here: Designing Dining Rooms

Comment by Tyler on October 23, 2009 at 2:18pm

Check out Tyrone's new blog post: http://www.foodservicerewards.org/profiles/blogs/backhouse-biz-101-yield

Comment by James P. Bailey Sr. on October 21, 2009 at 3:44pm

I am in New York State and I know all items must be purchased through a NYS approved supplier.

Comment by Mary Phillips on October 21, 2009 at 3:30pm

I work in along term facality in Utah. I have resident family members donate fresh
vegetables and fruit ocassionally or during high growing season. We use it and
thank the family members. We use them in a tmely manner. It sure helps
with food budget. I have never had anyone get ill, due the fact we handle all foods. I have never had a inspector say anthing aobut it.

Comment by beverly horrighs on October 21, 2009 at 3:02pm

sysco foods is now starting to offer farmers market items. Also in Illinois we checked with IDPH and they said we could use home garden produce as long as all food handling in the kitchen was done properly

Comment by PamBreen on October 21, 2009 at 2:14pm

I recommend you look into the local and state health regulations regarding the use of "home grown" products for resident consumption. I'm in NH, and our assisted living facility told me they were not allowed to use the foods they grow for general population consumption. If one resident has a tomato plant and wants to eat a tomato is their option, but different if grown to feed the "masses". Just a suggestion before you go to all the effort of the laying the garden.

Comment by Angela on October 21, 2009 at 11:23am

Our facility recycles both plastic, cans and magazines, we also use linen napkins and have gone to paper plates for staff functions instead of the usual foam plates, our serviceware is all reusable( did use foam plates for deserts at one time). Our health system recycles cardboard and runs the generator on a scheduled basis and "sells" the electricity back to the electric company. We also no longer provide plastic utensils for staff use. Our coffee cups are biodegradable(not so cheap) for visitors as we offer beverages throughout our facility. There are also some chemical offerings for the dishroom that are packaged in biodegradable containers instead of the plastic drums, pricing I was told was comparable but haven't had the rep do the study yet. Buying locally is another way to "go green", our challenge though is how to accomplish that when everything has to come from an approved supplier and going to the farm or farmer's market for fresh food is not an option.

Comment by Keith Martin on October 21, 2009 at 10:42am

Thanks for the comments so far. We need to keep in mind that going green is not about just buying new products. Like Loretta said her facility is reducing disposable products for reusable things. We need to look for ways to save $$'s by altering our perceptions of how we spend our money and what we buy with it.

Comment by John Kosisky on October 21, 2009 at 10:28am

I agree with Keith, its a fantastic idea to go green. But I also agree with Mark. With our budget constraints in the healthcare industry, I find it very hard to spend additional money on green items, when I need those funds to buy what I really need. Until manufacturers can sell their green items closer to the cost of what we're using already or customers willing to pay the extra cost for somthing they can't eat, the green push is going to be hard to impliment

Comment by loretta raburn on October 21, 2009 at 10:23am

My hospital went green by reducing our use of paper products and plasticware. We've reduced our paper budget by appox 40% just by using reusable items in all of our patient and public areas. It has raised our chemical prices marginally but I feel that that is a small price to pay to save what we have.

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