by Karen Welter | Jan 17, 2014 | History, Longtable Project, uncategorised
Longtable project is starting 2014 with 12 Founding Members. We appreciate their commitment and support of a fledgling venture which aims to push the sustainable food movement in Cape Town and surrounding areas. The 12 are: Dear Me Delaire Graff...
by Karen Welter | Nov 3, 2013 | History, Meat, uncategorised
Mpumi Ncwadi, our Longtable Project Meat activist, has sent us all a personal challenge to support the sheep farmers of Leliesfontein in Namaqualand. Read his compelling story to the end to see what we can do to eat great meat & directly support a farming...
by Karen Welter | Oct 7, 2013 | Longtable Project, uncategorised
The Farmer trusts the chef. Customers trust the Chef. We are a very good weapon for changing the food system. Brian Halweil Lisa recorded some of Environmental Engineer Mpumi’s insights from our Longtable Project last week Mpumi and grass-fed meat Mpumi...
by Karen Welter | Oct 1, 2013 | Chefs, History, Longtable Project, Restaurants, uncategorised
We are following up intently on all the restaurants and suppliers who we have met with to become one of our 24 founder members. But signed & sealed we have our first five Longtable Members: Dear Me Delaire Graff Oak Valley – The Pool Room Societi Bistro...
by Karen Welter | Sep 30, 2013 | Chefs, Green Branding, History, Longtable Project, Sustainable Actions, uncategorised
The Green Marketing Manifesto by John Grant is a useful book because it shows how to communicate to consumers in a way to achieve the best results. He explains how Green Marketing is about making green stuff seem normal and appealing and not normal stuff seem green (...
by Karen Welter | Sep 20, 2013 | Longtable Project, Sustainable Actions, uncategorised
Social Entrepreneurs as Groundbreakers Longtable Project was in part inspired by The Power of Unreasonable Men, John Elkington and Pamela Hartigan’s book on the social entrepreneur. Who are these entrepreneurs and what drives them? These entrepreneurs...
by Karen Welter | Sep 5, 2013 | Chefs, Good Food, Restaurants, uncategorised
Restaurant trends As part of its annual survey last year in Oct/Nov The American National Restaurant Association (NRA) interviewed 1834 chefs to identify the relevant trends for 2013. This pattern is a continuation of previous years and is probably set to carry...
by Karen Welter | Sep 2, 2013 | Good Food, Restaurants, uncategorised
The restaurant guidebook we used for our New York trip this July was called Clean Plates Manhattan 2013. (Jared Koch). It ties in with the theme that what is good for the environment is good food. Some of the insights that drive their guidebook (pg 7) include: eating...
by Karen Welter | Sep 1, 2013 | Chefs, Longtable Project, Restaurants, Sustainable Actions, uncategorised
We have been inspired in the last two weeks to meet up with well-known local chefs such as Vanessa Marx, Chris Erasmus, Rudi Liebenberg, Stefan Marais, PJ Vadas & Chris Campbell. We are still looking forward to meeting many more. Apart fromthe great food they...
