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Socially Responsible Restaurants:
Organic, Natural & Conventional

Monterey Restaurants Are Using More Locally, Responsibly,
and Humanely Produced Food Products

Monterey restaurants have always been innovative when it comes to their menus , but now they are moving beyond the fundamentals and are becoming more socially responsible by buying local products that support good health, great taste, and the local Monterey economy. 

Cafe Fina's owner, Dominic Mercurio, was one of the first in the region to establish an organic garden to supply his restaurants with fresh, healthy produce.  Not only does it make tastier salads, but it significantly reduces the energy required to truck the product to his establishments, and increases the nutritional value by getting the produce from farm to table quicker! 

Montrio Bistro is making it a top priority to purchase produce, meat, poultry and fish from the local Monterey farming community.   This goes well beyond the typical definition of "local" where most stores and restaurants label products as being locally produced if they travel fewer than 250 miles from origin to destination.  For Whole Foods, it's defined as traveling fewer than 7 hours.

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Explore1.com's social responsibility category is organized three sections:
1) Organic, Natural & Conventional; 2) Nutritional; and 3) Environmental.  The rationale to use three separate subcategories is for display purposes rather than based on topics or issues.  There is a significant overlap between categories. 

This page demonstrates how Monterey restaurants are making purchasing decisions with regards to organic, natural and conventional farming techniques.  All responses below are voluntarily provided by each restaurant.  There was no independent validation of their responses.

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The Frequency that Restaurants Use Certain Food Products
and How / Where They are Produced, Grown or Caught

Cafe Fina
 		Conventional Produce -- At TimesOrganic Produce -- At TimesLocally Grown Produce -- AlwaysNaturally Raised Meast Products -- At TimesFree Range Meat Products -- At TimesOrganic Meat Products -- RarelyLocally Raised Meat Products -- RarelyNaturally Produced Eggs -- At TimesCage Free Eggs -- At TimesOrganic Eggs -- RarelyLocally Produced Eggs -- RarelyNatually Produced Dairy -- RarelyFree Range Dairy -- RarelyOrganic Dairy -- RarelyLocally Produced Dairy -- RarelyResponsibly Farmed Fish & Sea Food -- AlwaysResponsibly Wild Caught Fish & Sea Food -- AlwaysAdheres to Seafood Watch -- AlwaysLocally Caught / Grown Fish & Seafood -- Always
Esteban Restaurant
 
Conventional Produce -- At TimesOrganic Produce -- UsuallyLocally Grown Produce -- UsuallyNaturally Raised Meast Products -- At TimesFree Range Meat Products -- UsuallyOrganic Meat Products -- At TimesLocally Raised Meat Products -- At TimesNaturally Produced Eggs -- UsuallyCage Free Eggs -- UsuallyOrganic Eggs -- UsuallyLocally Produced Eggs -- UsuallyNatually Produced Dairy -- UsuallyFree Range Dairy -- UsuallyOrganic Dairy -- UsuallyLocally Produced Dairy -- UsuallyResponsibly Farmed Fish & Sea Food -- UsuallyResponsibly Wild Caught Fish & Sea Food -- UsuallyAdheres to Seafood Watch -- AlwaysLocally Caught / Grown Fish & Seafood -- At Times
Domenico’s on the Wharf Conventional Produce -- At TimesOrganic Produce -- At TimesLocally Grown Produce -- AlwaysNaturally Raised Meast Products -- At TimesFree Range Meat Products -- At TimesOrganic Meat Products -- RarelyLocally Raised Meat Products -- RarelyNaturally Produced Eggs -- At TimesCage Free Eggs -- At TimesOrganic Eggs -- RarelyLocally Produced Eggs -- RarelyNatually Produced Dairy -- RarelyFree Range Dairy -- RarelyOrganic Dairy -- RarelyLocally Produced Dairy -- RarelyResponsibly Farmed Fish & Sea Food -- AlwaysResponsibly Wild Caught Fish & Sea Food -- AlwaysAdheres to Seafood Watch -- AlwaysLocally Caught / Grown Fish & Seafood -- Always
Montrio Bistro
 		Conventional Produce -- At TimesOrganic Produce -- UsuallyLocally Grown Produce -- AlwaysNaturally Raised Meast Products -- AlwaysFree Range Meat Products -- AlwaysOrganic Meat Products -- RarelyLocally Raised Meat Products -- UsuallyNaturally Produced Eggs -- AlwaysCage Free Eggs -- UsuallyOrganic Eggs -- RarelyLocally Produced Eggs -- AlwaysNatually Produced Dairy -- UsuallyFree Range Dairy -- UsuallyOrganic Dairy -- UsuallyLocally Produced Dairy -- UsuallyResponsibly Farmed Fish & Sea Food -- AlwaysResponsibly Wild Caught Fish & Sea Food -- AlwaysAdheres to Seafood Watch -- AlwaysLocally Caught / Grown Fish & Seafood -- Always
Paradiso Trattoria
 		Conventional Produce -- UsuallyOrganic Produce -- At TimesLocally Grown Produce -- UsuallyNaturally Raised Meast Products -- At TimesFree Range Meat Products -- At TimesOrganic Meat Products -- NeverLocally Raised Meat Products -- NeverNaturally Produced Eggs -- At TimesCage Free Eggs -- RarelyOrganic Eggs -- RarelyLocally Produced Eggs -- UsuallyNatually Produced Dairy -- At TimesFree Range Dairy -- RarelyOrganic Dairy -- RarelyLocally Produced Dairy -- UsuallyResponsibly Farmed Fish & Sea Food -- UsuallyResponsibly Wild Caught Fish & Sea Food -- At TimesAdheres to Seafood Watch -- At TimesLocally Caught / Grown Fish & Seafood -- At Times
Whaling Station
 		Conventional Produce -- UsuallyOrganic Produce -- At TimesLocally Grown Produce -- UsuallyNaturally Raised Meast Products -- At TimesFree Range Meat Products -- At TimesOrganic Meat Products -- NeverLocally Raised Meat Products -- NeverNaturally Produced Eggs -- At TimesCage Free Eggs -- RarelyOrganic Eggs -- RarelyLocally Produced Eggs -- UsuallyNatually Produced Dairy -- At TimesFree Range Dairy -- RarelyOrganic Dairy -- RarelyLocally Produced Dairy -- UsuallyResponsibly Farmed Fish & Sea Food -- UsuallyResponsibly Wild Caught Fish & Sea Food -- At TimesAdheres to Seafood Watch -- At TimesLocally Caught / Grown Fish & Seafood -- At Times

 		 

*A product is considered “local” or "Locally produced" if it travels 200 or fewer miles  from the farm to the restaurant/store.

**Naturally Raised and Responsibly Farmed are defined as being raised without any antibiotics, hormones, chemical additives, or food sources that cannot be properly digested by the animal.  Also, at the time of processing, all animals are considered healthy, e.g., no downed or sick animals are allowed to enter the food supply.

***Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch Program.

 

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