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Spinoff...."farm to table" vs "sustainable"...Which One Is More Bullshite?

Posted on 4/29/15 at 12:44 pm
Posted by OTIS2
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Posted on 4/29/15 at 12:44 pm
Both are bullshite marketing concepts, to some degree. Which has a higher bullshite value to you and why?
This post was edited on 4/29/15 at 12:50 pm
Posted by Tigertown in ATL
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Posted on 4/29/15 at 12:54 pm to
Good question.

I like to think that if a restaurant is advertising sustainable, they are really looking into it, but I have my doubts.

Farm to Table implies local, in season ingredients. I can see that as being a scam too.

Hmmm. I am torn.
Posted by LSUAfro
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 4/29/15 at 12:59 pm to
quote:

sustainable

Silliness...
Posted by bosoxjo13
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 4/29/15 at 12:59 pm to
I'm gonna go with this post.
Posted by quail man
New York, NY
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Posted on 4/29/15 at 1:00 pm to
both seem to make this board very upset for whatever reason, which always makes me laugh
Posted by bosoxjo13
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 4/29/15 at 1:01 pm to
It's kinda like their obsession with calling things hipster
Posted by LSUAfro
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 4/29/15 at 1:01 pm to
Posted by Oenophile Brah
The Edge of Sanity
Member since Jan 2013
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Posted on 4/29/15 at 1:02 pm to
Sustainable has a much more snooty feel.

Farm to table is for the wannabes.


Posted by Tigertown in ATL
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Posted on 4/29/15 at 1:03 pm to
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LSUAfro


Do you really have a restaurant?

I asked yesterday in the long thread, then thought about it and decided it might have been hypothetical since the thread was hypothetical.

I was dum yesterday.
Posted by LSUAfro
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2005
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Posted on 4/29/15 at 1:06 pm to
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both seem to make this board very upset for whatever reason, which always makes me laugh
That's news to me, but laugh away.

Posted by LSUAfro
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 4/29/15 at 1:10 pm to
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Tigertown in ATL

Minority interests.
Posted by Tigertown in ATL
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Posted on 4/29/15 at 1:15 pm to
Posted by txbd
Valhalla
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Posted on 4/29/15 at 1:19 pm to
Would you say that Ye Olde College Inn's farm to table is bullshite? Their farm is literally right in the back of their restaurant.
Posted by Salmon
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Member since Feb 2008
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Posted on 4/29/15 at 1:20 pm to
Sustainable is only seafood restaurants right?

I don't know if there are any true "farm to table" restaurants in LA. I consider "farm to table" restaurants to have their own farm and either be located on the farm, or nearby.
Posted by Sid in Lakeshore
Member since Oct 2008
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Posted on 4/29/15 at 1:22 pm to
quote:

LSUAfro
quote:

Minority interests.


ITISWYDT
Posted by REG861
Ocelot, Iowa
Member since Oct 2011
38400 posts
Posted on 4/29/15 at 1:22 pm to
I must be missing something... What makes farm to table bullshite again ?
Posted by Oenophile Brah
The Edge of Sanity
Member since Jan 2013
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Posted on 4/29/15 at 1:22 pm to
Closest thing to farm to table I can think of in town is La Provence.
Posted by Tigertown in ATL
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Posted on 4/29/15 at 1:26 pm to
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Sustainable is only seafood


Not sure about that. They are having a cat shortage in Viet Nam.
Posted by Geauxld Finger
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2005
32628 posts
Posted on 4/29/15 at 1:33 pm to
as a former person emplyed in the green industry i must say "sustainable" is if not the biggest bullshite word of our time in any manner.
Posted by hungryone
river parishes
Member since Sep 2010
11987 posts
Posted on 4/29/15 at 1:38 pm to
Farm to table is great as long as it's not just marketing BS. Don't put out of season shite on your menu and claim to be "farm to table"....that phrase does not imply a stop at airport customs to most purchasers. And don't serve dishes with 17 imported ingredients and then credit 1 of those ingredients to a local farmer...

It's as bad as the abuse of the word "artisanal". No, Dominos, your pizza is not hand crafted by artisans. LINK
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