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CarbonFree(r) Partner Founding Farmers is serving up our type of environmental responsibility! Located on historic Pennsylvania Ave in Washington, DC, Founding Farmers is the first LEED restaurant in the greater DC metro region, and is the first upscale-casual, full-service LEED Gold restaurant in the entire country. With an underlying philosophy to support family farms and sustainable agriculture, you can be sure your meal at Founding Farmers is as fresh, unprocessed and farmer-sourced as possible.

Hospitality Design Magazine and ASID named Founding Farmers the Project Winner of the 2009 Earth-Minded Awards and the restaurant was also awarded the Grand Prize in the Restaurant/Casual category from the 2009 Association for Retail Environments Retail Design Awards. In addition to being named a “Top 50 Best New Restaurant” by Travel + Leisure this past June, the restaurant has garnered many other honors from local and regional publications. All of the awards they’ve received only complement the unique mix of modern and old country that blend harmoniously in the Founding Farmers’ atmosphere. Farm tables, dynamic open space, and old wood are highlights that wait for you at one of DC’s hottest new restaurants.

Their homemade creations range from classic American traditions to great farm meals. If you’re looking for a new, hip restaurant in DC that combines old and new, visit Founding Farmers to learn more or book a reservation.

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Sustainability, an essential ingredient in the recipe for a cleaner environment, is gaining new followers since Dan Barber was honored with the top chef award at the prestigious James Beard Foundation Awards. Dubbed the “Oscars of the food world” by Time, the Awards honor professionals in the food and beverage industries. Barber (he’s shown on the left) is a pioneer in the farm-to-table restaurant movement and was praised for highlighting sustainable agriculture with his restaurants Blue Hill in New York and Blue Hill at Stone Barns in Pocantico Hills, NY.

The concept of farm to table (or “boat to throat” when applicable) achieved mainstream momentum after the Omnivore’s Dilemma in which Michael Pollan encourages diversifying and obtaining food from local sources. Since then, restaurants catering to ardent locavores have sprouted up. BusinessWeek observed that the current local food movement has revived small farm numbers in a way “no one would have thought possible a few years back.”

Carbonfund.org is proud to be a part of this movement through its CarbonFree^® Partner Founding Farmers, which is considered among Washington DC’s greenest restaurants. The concept of farm to table reminds us to consider the relationship between food and climate.