Good Food 100 Restaurants™ Announces the 2019 Good Food Farmer and Purveyor of the Year Award Recipients
PrairiErth Farm named winner for Great Lakes region

 

[November 21, 2019] 

Good Food 100 Restaurants announced the 2019 Good Food Farmer and Purveyor of the Year Award recipients honoring producers and purveyors committed to sustainability and transparency. Nominated by Good Food 100 Restaurant participants, this year’s recipients are: Carne Locale (New England); PrairiErth Farm (Great Lakes); Good Shepherd Poultry (Plains); White Oak Pastures (Southeast); Niman Ranch (Southwest); Croft Family Farm (Rocky Mountain); and Produce Express-Distributor (West).

“Restaurant sustainability begins with sourcing. Good Food 100 Restaurants couldn’t do what they do without access to good food. We’re proud to honor the producers and purveyors who are working tirelessly to support every link in the food chain and bring good food to the table,” said Sara Brito, co-founder and president, Good Food 100 Media Network. “With sustainability and transparency at the center of the industry and cultural conversation, now is the time to recognize and celebrate the farmers, ranchers, fishermen, and purveyors who provide chefs, restaurants, and eaters with good food.”

The 2019 Good Food 100 Restaurants Good Food Farmer and Purveyor of the Year Awards honor and celebrate up to one farmer, rancher, fisherman or one purveyor/distributor nominated by the participating 2019 Good Food 100 chefs in each region.

Winners are selected by the Good Food Media Network team based on their commitment to sustainability, transparency and advancing good food practices as well as quantity and quality of the nomination forms.  All Good Food 100 Good Food Farmer and Purveyor of the Year Award winners receive a certificate and a t-shirt with Good Food 100 insignia.

For more information on the 2019 Good Food 100 Restaurants list and the 2019 Good Food 100 Good Food Farmer and Purveyor Awards, please visit the Good Food 100 Restaurants website.

About Good Food 100 Restaurants

The Good Food 100 Restaurants™ is an annual list of restaurants that educates eaters and celebrates restaurants for being transparent with their business and purchasing practices. Carefully curated based on the quantitative measurement of chefs’ sourcing data, the Good Food 100 spotlights those that are building a better food system by supporting every link of the food chain: the environment; plants and animals; farmers, ranchers and fisherman; purveyors; restaurants; and eaters. The Good Food 100 is produced and published by the Good Food Media Network, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to educating eaters by cultivating a conversation and community around the people and businesses changing the food system for good. For more information, please visit www.goodfood100restaurants.org.

[Damira Bowles]