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Socially Responsible Restaurants:
Organic, Natural & Conventional

Santa Cruz Restaurants Use Local Products that are
Responsibly and Humanely Produced.

Santa Cruz 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 Santa Cruz economy. 

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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 Santa Cruz 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.

Don't see your favorite restaurant listed?  Have their representative fill out our survey and we'll post the results.  Click here to access the survey.

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

Charlie Hong Kong
  		Conventional Produce -- RarelyOrganic Produce -- UsuallyLocally Grown Produce -- UsuallyNaturally Raised Meast Products -- UsuallyFree Range Meat Products -- AlwaysOrganic Meat Products -- RarelyLocally Raised Meat Products -- At TimesN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AResponsibly Farmed Fish & Sea Food -- NeverResponsibly Wild Caught Fish & Sea Food -- AlwaysAdheres to Seafood Watch -- UsuallyLocally Caught / Grown Fish & Seafood -- At Times
Feel Good Foods Organic Catering  Conventional Produce -- RarelyOrganic Produce -- AlwaysLocally Grown Produce -- AlwaysNaturally Raised Meast Products -- AlwaysFree Range Meat Products -- AlwaysOrganic Meat Products -- UsuallyLocally Raised Meat Products -- At TimesNaturally Produced Eggs -- AlwaysCage Free Eggs -- AlwaysOrganic Eggs -- AlwaysLocally Produced Eggs -- UsuallyNatually Produced Dairy -- UsuallyFree Range Dairy -- UsuallyOrganic Dairy -- UsuallyLocally Produced Dairy -- At TimesResponsibly Farmed Fish & Sea Food -- NeverResponsibly Wild Caught Fish & Sea Food -- AlwaysAdheres to Seafood Watch -- AlwaysLocally Caught / Grown Fish & Seafood -- Rarely
La Posta
  		Conventional Produce -- At TimesOrganic Produce -- UsuallyLocally Grown Produce -- AlwaysNaturally Raised Meast Products -- UsuallyFree Range Meat Products -- UsuallyOrganic Meat Products -- At TimesLocally Raised Meat Products -- UsuallyNaturally Produced Eggs -- UsuallyCage Free Eggs -- UsuallyOrganic Eggs -- At TimesLocally Produced Eggs -- UsuallyNatually Produced Dairy -- UsuallyFree Range Dairy -- UsuallyOrganic Dairy -- At TimesLocally Produced Dairy -- UsuallyResponsibly Farmed Fish & Sea Food -- RarelyResponsibly Wild Caught Fish & Sea Food -- UsuallyAdheres to Seafood Watch -- AlwaysLocally Caught / Grown Fish & Seafood -- Usually
Michael's on Main 
 
Conventional Produce -- RarelyOrganic Produce -- UsuallyLocally Grown Produce -- AlwaysNaturally Raised Meast Products -- UsuallyFree Range Meat Products -- UsuallyOrganic Meat Products -- UsuallyLocally Raised Meat Products -- AlwaysNaturally Produced Eggs -- AlwaysCage Free Eggs -- AlwaysOrganic Eggs -- UsuallyLocally Produced Eggs -- AlwaysNatually Produced Dairy -- UsuallyFree Range Dairy -- UsuallyOrganic Dairy -- UsuallyLocally Produced Dairy -- AlwaysResponsibly Farmed Fish & Sea Food -- UsuallyResponsibly Wild Caught Fish & Sea Food -- UsuallyAdheres to Seafood Watch -- AlwaysLocally Caught / Grown Fish & Seafood -- Usually
UC Santa Cruz Dining
 		Conventional Produce -- UsuallyOrganic Produce -- UsuallyLocally Grown Produce -- UsuallyNaturally Raised Meast Products -- At TimesFree Range Meat Products -- At TimesOrganic Meat Products -- At TimesLocally Raised Meat Products -- RarelyNaturally Produced Eggs -- At TimesCage Free Eggs -- At TimesOrganic Eggs -- At TimesLocally Produced Eggs -- NeverNatually Produced Dairy -- AlwaysFree Range Dairy -- RarelyOrganic Dairy -- At TimesLocally Produced Dairy -- RarelyResponsibly Farmed Fish & Sea Food -- RarelyResponsibly Wild Caught Fish & Sea Food -- UsuallyAdheres to Seafood Watch -- AlwaysLocally Caught / Grown Fish & Seafood -- At Times
River Cafe
 		Conventional Produce -- NeverOrganic Produce -- AlwaysLocally Grown Produce -- UsuallyNaturally Raised Meast Products -- AlwaysFree Range Meat Products -- AlwaysOrganic Meat Products -- AlwaysLocally Raised Meat Products -- At TimesNaturally Produced Eggs -- AlwaysCage Free Eggs -- AlwaysOrganic Eggs -- AlwaysLocally Produced Eggs -- At TimesNatually Produced Dairy -- AlwaysFree Range Dairy -- UsuallyOrganic Dairy -- AlwaysLocally Produced Dairy -- AlwaysResponsibly Farmed Fish & Sea Food -- NeverResponsibly Wild Caught Fish & Sea Food -- AlwaysAdheres to Seafood Watch -- AlwaysLocally Caught / Grown Fish & Seafood -- Always
Soif Wine Bar & Merchant Conventional Produce -- At TimesOrganic Produce -- UsuallyLocally Grown Produce -- AlwaysNaturally Raised Meast Products -- UsuallyFree Range Meat Products -- At TimesOrganic Meat Products -- At TimesLocally Raised Meat Products -- At TimesNaturally Produced Eggs -- RarelyCage Free Eggs -- AlwaysOrganic Eggs -- At TimesLocally Produced Eggs -- UsuallyNatually Produced Dairy -- At TimesFree Range Dairy -- At TimesOrganic Dairy -- At TimesLocally Produced Dairy -- UsuallyResponsibly Farmed Fish & Sea Food -- At TimesResponsibly Wild Caught Fish & Sea Food -- UsuallyAdheres to Seafood Watch -- AlwaysLocally Caught / Grown Fish & Seafood -- Usually

 		 

*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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