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Well, this<\/a> is good news for the Republicans, the more money the Democrats waste on carbon offsets and organic food, the less they’ll have in November.<\/p>\n

Fried foods are forbidden at the committee’s 22 or so events, as is liquid served in individual plastic containers. Plates must be reusable, like china, recyclable or compostable. The food should be local, organic or both.
\nAnd caterers must provide foods in “at least three of the following five colors: red, green, yellow, blue\/purple, and white,” garnishes not included, according to a Request for Proposals, or RFP, distributed last week.
\nThe shrimp-and-mango ensemble? All it’s got is white, brown and orange, so it may not have the nutritional balance that generally comes from a multihued menu.
\n“Blue could be a challenge,” joked Ed Janos, owner of Cook’s Fresh Market in Denver. “All I can think of are blueberries.”
\n[…]
\n“I think it’s a great idea for our community and our environment. The question is, how practical is it?” asks Nick Agro, the owner of Whirled Peas Catering in Commerce City. “We all want to source locally, but we’re in Colorado. The growing season is short. It’s dry here. And I question the feasibility of that.”
\nAgro’s biggest worry is price. Using organic and local products hikes the costs.
\n“There is going to be sticker shock when those bids start coming in,” he says. “I’ll cook anything, but I’ve had clients who have approached me about all-organic menus, and then they see the organic stuff pretty much doubles your price.”
\n[…]
\n“We are hoping that everything we are doing for greening (the convention) has some legacy value,” she says.
\n[…]
\n“It takes some creativity because some of these things are more expensive,” she says. “But we’re at the front end of a market shift.”
\n[…]
\nThe committee is working with other groups to develop a carbon-footprint “calculator” that will measure the environmental impact of each event and suggest an “offset” \u2014 a fee \u2014 that will go toward a fund helping to match carbon losses with carbon gains.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’m not sure how much legacy value this will have since not everyone has unlimited money to throw around like the Democrats do. I wouldn’t worry about the caterers making a profit, they will. They’ll just pass the expense on to the Democrats.
\nI guess those who contributed to the DNC should be happy that they enabled the elite to eat organic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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