Green Options » Joel Salatin http://greenoptions.com/tag/joel-salatin Posts tagged 'Joel Salatin' Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:31:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Chipotle Partners With Polyface For Sustainable Burritos http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2008/04/01/chipotle-partners-with-polyface-for-sustainable-burritos/ http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2008/04/01/chipotle-partners-with-polyface-for-sustainable-burritos/#comments Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:31:57 +0000 Kelli Best-Oliver http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2008/04/01/chipotle-partners-with-polyface-for-sustainable-burritos/ farms.jpgIn another move towards sustainable practices in the restaurant industry, Chipotle Mexican Grill, the fast-casual chain famous for oversized burritos made with fresh ingredients, recently started buying sustainably-raised pork from Joel Salatin’s Polyface Farm in Chipotle’s Charlottesville, VA stores.  Chipotle projects that Polyface will be able to supply 100% of the pork needed for the Charlottesville market. Polyface, profiled in Michael Pollan’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma, is considered the benchmark standard of sustainable animal agriculture agriculture and gives true credibility to Chipotle’s corporate mission to leave a lighter footprint.

The partnership comes on the heels of almost a year and a half of complex negotiations involving equipment needs, recipes, and transportation issues.  Salatin found that his fine-dining clients, snapped up the choice cuts of pork he had to offer, but the market was not as strong for tougher cuts, such as shoulders and legs.  These tough cuts are perfect for the braising method used in carnitas pork for burritos.

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