Transition Time
- By Donna Maltz
- Published 5 April 2008
Donna Maltz
Donna Maltz is the President of Green Food Service Consulting, a company dedicated to supporting green sourcing and operations for food service. Donna and her husband Kevin own the Fresh Sourdough Express Bakery & Cafe in Homer, Alaska where they have applied their green practices for over 25 years and shared their expertise with those seeking to emulate their sustainable business and sourcing practices. This year the successful Bakery & Café was recognized as the First Certified Green Restaurant in the State of Alaska by the Green Restaurant Association. Donna has 30 years of professional experience in the food industry starting as an organic farmer in the late seventies, researching, networking and applying green practices in restaurant, catering and food service. Donna is well known and respected on a national level for commercializing the First Organic Cocoa and Chocolate Syrup in the Nation under the AH!LASKA Brand name.
Green Food Service Consulting is owned and operated by Kevin and Donna. They offers hands on experience with local or carbon friendly sourcing, operations - including energy utilization, waste management, eco-friendly preparation, distribution and other service that effect your operation from the soil to the table and the floor to the ceiling. They look at business from the triple bottom line measuring the success of a business operation by its economic, environmental and social participation.
Fresh Sourdough Express Bakery & Cafe
Proud to be the First Certified Green Restaurant in Alaska
Serving Socially Responsible Food and Peace of Mind since 1982
907-235-7374
www.freshsourdoughexpress.com
Our food & water supply are our life line. Throw in some clean air and companionship and you build community.
As we all know there is more to community, yet the elements of nature have been un-webed from society for decades and we have lost our ability to feed ourselves. If we want community we need to survive. Alaska is a very independent place to live and many of us were attracted to this magnificent frontier because, "our way of life -was our way of life." It is worth acknowledging the power of shared voices, shared ownership,shared practices, shared collaborative efforts, which enables a synergy that leads to the greatest profits of all - a safe, self-sufficient future. I look forward to moving forward with Alaskans to sustain a life style that works in harmony with nature, and a world that my child is proud to collaborate in.
A valuable use of your time - Listen to what Rob Hopkins has to say. Rob Hopkins You Tube Video. He started the first Transition Town in the UK. He is a smart, spirited man who has shaped his whole life on solutions- completely inspiring. It would be wise to implement many of the solutions he suggests, in our business relationships and practices and in our lifestyle- - transitioning Alaska 'back to the future," when homesteading was popular and practical - add some business savvy to these basic common sense principles and we just might pull out of this mess.
Keeping each other informed and sharing the knowledge continues to be powerful.
Look forward to hearing from you.
In Good Taste,
Donna
