Base Camp Cafe - Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical...

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Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden AFRICA Base Camp Cafe Received Green Restaurant Association’s Four-Star Rating, the highest rating possible. Base Camp Café is considered the Greenest Restaurant in America by the GRA (462.48 points). Features LED lighting and natural lighting throughout building. On-site Aquaponics is used for growing vegetables and herbs that are then used in the restaurant. Recycled 1930s building to divert construction waste from landfill. 70% of venders for Produce are within 100250 miles of the zoo. 95% of all post-consumer waste from the Café is diverted from landfills. Certified Grassfed burgers from White Clover Farms. Most of the equipment is now Energy Star rated. Old grease is turned into biofuels. Furniture is made of plantation grown teak.

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Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden

AFRICA

Base Camp Cafe Received Green Restaurant Association’s Four-Star Rating, the highest

rating possible.

Base Camp Café is considered the Greenest Restaurant in

America by the GRA (462.48 points).

Features LED lighting and natural lighting throughout building.

On-site Aquaponics is used for growing vegetables and herbs

that are then used in the restaurant.

Recycled 1930s building to divert construction waste from

landfill.

70% of venders for Produce are within 100—250 miles of the zoo.

95% of all post-consumer waste from the Café is diverted from landfills.

Certified Grassfed burgers from White Clover Farms.

Most of the equipment is now Energy Star rated.

Old grease is turned into biofuels.

Furniture is made of plantation grown teak.