Green by Design / LEED® Gold!

LEED is a certification for architecture and interiors that have been constructed and created with a minimum of impact on the environment. Many “green” buildings have been designated by the US Green Building Council (USGBC) as LEED certified.

LEED certification criteria include a variety of building elements, including lighting, heating and cooling, water use, and other advanced building systems. Reclaimed woods, post-consumer content fabrics, Paperstone composite counter tops, poured-concrete bar tops, and low and no-fume paints also apply to the LEED credits necessary for certification.

Beyond the building itself, Founding Farmers is a Certified Green Restaurant™ as recognized by the Green Restaurant Association for eco-friendly operations. These measures include front-of-house and back-of-house recycling, high-efficiency water and energy usage, and using recycled paper products whenever possible. For our guests, it means the menus are printed on recycled paper with soy-based inks and that water is served in reusable glass carafes with the option of fresh filtered, still, or sparkling Natura water, using no waste-producing glass or plastic bottles at all.

And Founding Farmers is proud to be an official Carbonfund.org partner, supporting global climate-friendly renewable energy projects and Carbonfund.org’s mission of education, offsets, and outreach. Founding Farmers is 100% carbon neutral by offsetting our CO₂ emissions!