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Written and published December 2014 by Olivia Engel, Green Dining Alliance Program Coordinator The Green Dining Alliance was born out of St. Louis Earth Day’s event-greening program, Recycling On [...]

We know you’re as excited as we are about having a sustainable dining guide at your fingertips. To make sure you get the most out of our website, this post will help you better understand [...]

Last Friday, October 24th, Saint Louis University hosted its annual Gardens To Tables event as a part of the national Food Day movement. Rachel Deffenbaugh, Manager of City Seeds Urban Farm, was [...]

His restaurants have always focused on local vegetables and meats, since he opened his first place in the Benton Park Neighborhood nine years ago. In 2012, Craft moved his flagship, Niche, to [...]

The Green Dining Alliance’s parent organization, St. Louis Earth Day, recently participated in the St. Louis Regional Chamber’s Green Business Challenge expo. We featured both our [...]

The Wolf Cafe in Ballwin has been committed to sustainability from the very beginning – from local sourcing of ingredients, to preparing nearly everything in house, to limiting the amount [...]

Earth Day Festival will feature GDA-certified restaurants. Beginning in 2015, all food vendors in the Earth Day Cafe will be certified by the Green Dining Alliance. Hungry festival attendees will [...]

It was not completely unexpected when Dave Bailey sought GDA certification for all of his establishments, as he began implementing sustainable practices into his operations 10 years ago at his [...]

Green Dining Alliance and St. Louis Earth Day encourage practices which reduce the environmental impact of activities across the St. Louis region and within our state. Supporting our local food [...]

At July’s National Management meeting for food service company Fresh Ideas, providers of catering and food service at Maryville University, Green Dining Alliance Program Coordinator Olivia [...]