Diners may soon have the chance to nibble away some of their climate guilt by patronizing California restaurants that have pledged to slash their carbon footprints to zero.
Benu, a San Francisco restaurant that has pledged to participate in a new zero-carbon dining program.
The program has the imprimatur of California’s chief climate regulator, who will develop metrics to track the amount of carbon saved and determine how much farmers should be paid by diners for adjusting their practices. ”It’s the beginning of the process more than it is a fully cooked project,” Nichols said. However, she said it’s an important step in establishing new mechanisms to squeeze carbon reductions from the food system — a major source of planet-warming emissions.
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