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Environmental stewardship runs throughout Dupar & Company. Our commitment to Creating the Complete Experience® doesn’t end with the food in the kitchen of Lisa Dupar Catering or on the table at Pomegranate Bistro. Our extensive environmental sustainability program is a priority initiative for the company.
Supporting Local Farmers, Artisans Suppliers, and Distributors:
By supporting local businesses Dupar & Company is able to support the local economy while decreasing its carbon footprint. Please see below for a full list of local suppliers.
Certified Organics:
The suppliers Dupar & Co. sources for organic products include: Willie Green’s Organic Produce (Monroe), Full Circle Farms (Fall City), King’s Produce (Okanogan), Theo Chocolates, Sleepy Monk Coffee, among others.
Peak Season:
We strive to purchase all produce during peak season to lessen the environmental impact in our community. By buying fresh, organic and local ingredients we are not only supporting local businesses, we are also extending the environmental chain of custody from the farm directly to the table.
Sustainable:
We are doing our best to only purchase seafood that has been determined “eco-friendly” by the Environmental Defense Fund.
Fair Trade:
Theo Chocolates, Sleepy Monk Coffee Roasters (Oregon)
A Question of Wellness:
We use no preservatives, chemicals or trans fats in our cooking. We make our own fresh sausages, breads, pastries, cakes, cookies, crackers, dressings, and sauces. We cook with cold pressed olive oil, butter, or flaxseed oil and fry with 100 percent peanut oil.
It’s More Than Just The Food:
Our environmental sustainability program extends far beyond the food. Below is an overview of how we are taking a greener path:
- Biodegradable “to-go” packaging for our guests.
- With the support of PSE, switching out our lighting in the kitchen & walk-in refrigerators to consume two-thirds less energy a month.
- With the support of Waste Management, composting our kitchen waste.
- Saving our fryer oil for bio-diesel production.
- Using earth-friendly dishwasher chemicals that use natural enzymes for breaking down grease and dirt.
- Continuing education for our culinary team on the health and eco-impact of our menu choices.
- Educating our catering clientele about eco-friendly events and eco-chic weddings.
- All staff is committed to not use disposable products for ourselves.
- Cellophane bags that are actually “cello” thus, plant based, and biodegradable.
- In the office, we now use recycled paper for menus, contracts and all interoffice hard-copy communication. Also, all of our printing is now double-sided.
- Saving water by using oil-cloth table coverings in the restaurant to avoid washing linens.
- All employees are committed to not using any disposable products for ourselves.
- We have the ultimate goal of discontinuing the Lisa Dupar Catering water bottles. When catering demands we still use plastic water bottles, we have chosen to support breast cancer research and purchase Athena bottled water for our catering customers.
- Energy efficient lighting in the restaurant.
Sustainability Partners
Appel Farms Artisan Cheese (Ferndale, WA)
Sustainable cheese
Beecher's Handmade Cheese (Seattle, WA)
All natural artisan cheese
Estrella Family Creamery (Montesano, WA)
A family owned and operated grass based dairy making hand-crafted cheeses, with cow and goat milk
Monteilllet Fromagerie (Dayton, WA)
Hand Crafted Artisan Cheese
Mt. Townsend Creamery (Port Townsend, WA)
Artisan cow’s milk cheeses
Quillisascut Cheese (Rice, WA)
Hand Crafted Artisan cheeses
Rogue Creamery (Central Point, OR)
Sustainable artisan cheese company
Willamette Valley Cheese Co. (Salem, OR)
All natural & hand-crafted cheeses
Full Circle Farms (Carnation, WA)
Certified organic and sustainable farm
Grandview Mushrooms (Arlington, WA)
Local wild mushrooms and truffles
Willie Greens (Monroe, WA)
Organic produce
King’s Produce (Okanogan Valley, WA)
Organic produce from the Okanogan Valley
Lopez Island Farm (Lopez Island, WA)
Delicious Apple Cider Syrup from the San Juan’s
Princess Pickled Vegetables (Yakima Valley, WA)
High quality maraschino cherries and pickled vegetables
Old Mill of Guilford (Oak Ridge, NC)
All natural corn meal and grits
Fairhaven CO-OP Flour Mill (Bellingham, WA)
Family run organic grain mill
Golden Crown Bakery (Everett, WA)
Local bakery
La Mexicana (Seattle, WA)
Handmade tortillas
Blazing Bagels (Redmond, WA)
“Best Bagels East of New York”
Chukar Cherries (Prosser, WA)
Premium dried and chocolate covered northwest fruit
Olympic Mountain Ice Cream (Shelton, WA)
Premium ice cream made from seasonal local ingredients
World Spice Merchants (Seattle, WA)
Seattle’s premier spice, herb & tea shop
SaltWorks (Woodinville, WA)
Premium gourmet sea salts
Sleepy Monk Coffee Roasters (Cannon Beach, OR)
Certified organic fair trade coffee
Dry Soda Co. (Seattle, WA)
All natural alternative soda
Seattle Caviar Company (Seattle, WA)
Caviar, foie gras
Hemplers Food Group (Ferndale, WA)
Thick sliced smoked bacon
Misty Isle Farms (Vashon Island & Ellensburg, WA)
All Natural Black Angus Beef from Vashon Island
Fran’s Chocolates (Seattle, WA)
Premium Chocolates made from all natural, and when available, organic and local products
Theo Chocolates (Fremont, WA)
Premium Organic, Fair Trade Specialty Chocolates
Izze Sparkling Juice (Boulder, CO)
All Natural Sparkling Juice
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