| SILVERADO
RESORT 1st in NAPA VALLEY
TO OFFER
CERTIFIED ANGUS NATURAL BEEF
The
Silverado Resort's sustainable cuisine practices now include:
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Serving wild
Alaska salmon instead of farmed salmon. The
resort's operator, Xanterra Parks & Resorts, was the first U.S. hospitality
company to be granted the "Chain of Custody" certification from the
Marine Stewardship Council. This important certification guarantees all wild Alaska
salmon menu items can be traced to their source, assuring consumers that the salmon
is from a fishery that has met the Marine Stewardship Council's stringent environmental
standards.
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Becoming a member of the Chef's Collaborative.
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Featuring Snake River Farms Kurobuta Pork and Kobe-style Beef. Both products are
produced using all-natural production methods. American Kurobuta Pork is raised
on small family farms in the Midwest using no extenders, sodium or added water.
Kobe Beef cattle are raised in a natural environment and fed a varied diet of
barley, golden wheat, straw, alfalfa hay and Idaho potatoes. Their feeding program
runs three times longer than traditional beef and is hormone free.
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Serving wine produced by members of the Napa Sustainable Wine Growers, a group
of winemakers in Napa Valley who adhere to a variety of strict sustainable practices.
- Serving
abalone produced by Abalone Farm, a California facility that uses state-of-the-art
sustainable practices. Due to the rapid decline in the coastal wild abalone population,
commercial abalone diving is illegal in U.S. waters. Abalone Farm operates an
aquaculture facility that grows abalone without harming the earth's natural resources.
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Implementing a Foodservice Energy Awareness Program that teaches all of the resort's
food service employees to participate in energy conservation in a variety of ways.
- Developing
a Green Procurement program to ensure all paper products and chemicals used in
the company's food service operations are environmentally sound. As part of the
Xanterra's Ecologix environmental management system, all food service operations
also participate fully in recycling and waste reduction programs.
Xanterra Parks & Resorts operates lodges, restaurants and other
concessions at national parks and state parks and resorts. Xanterra is the country's
largest national park concessioner. The company operates concessions in the following
locations: Yellowstone National Park, the North and South Rims of Grand Canyon
National Park, Bryce Canyon National Park, Zion National Park, Crater Lake National
Park, Death Valley National Park, Petrified Forest National Park, Everglades National
Park, and Mount Rushmore National Memorial; and at the Silverado Resort in Napa,
Calif.; Gideon Putnam Resort & Spa in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. and eight Ohio
State Parks. Long
committed to the preservation and protection of the environment, Ecologix, Xanterra's
environmental program, includes a variety of proactive environmental stewardship
programs in each location. Xanterra was selected as a member of the EPA "Environmental
Performance Track" program in 2003. Also in 2003, the company's Grand Canyon
operations received the Arizona Tourism Award for Preservation and its operations
in Mount Rushmore received the prestigious ISO 14001 Environmental Management
System Standard Certification. Xanterra was the recipient of Environmental Achievement
Awards from the Environmental Protection Agency in 2002 and from the Department
of Interior in 2001 and 2002. Xanterra also received the Travel Industry Association's
Odyssey Award for its environmental initiatives in 2001.
For
more information about Xanterra and links to individual properties, visit: www.xanterra.com. (...BACK) |
