Chef Aaron Adams: “It’s a No-Brainer”
Photo courtesy of Astera
Astera joins ZFP Membership
Astera in Portland, OR has joined ZFP Membership in anticipation of our upcoming launch of Restore NW grants. Their contributions will be pooled with additional members and donor giving to provide grants to farms working to restore the climate. The restaurant offers a “semi-communal dinner party” vibe with a dynamic and seasonal tasting menu (read: lively and friendly!). In addition to their thoughtful ingredient sourcing, Astera’s new membership commitment will deepen their investments in creating a better food system.
"I was so happy to hear Zero Foodprint was now working with Oregon farms. It's a no-brainer for us, really, and an incredibly simple way for my guests and our restaurant to do our part to help in the fight against climate change. By simply adding 1% to our guest's bills, we are able to raise a substantial amount of money for ZFP to use for grants for carbon sequestration projects that might otherwise be unavailable to complete for small farmers. If we want to continue to see small farms thrive and soil health regeneration in our community, it's vital that we all chip in. ZFP makes that easy for us to do our part."
AARON ADAMS
Chef and Owner, Astera
About Astera
Astera is a love poem to Oregon’s vinified, farmed, and foraged, created by Chef Aaron Adams. Astera offers a multiple course tasting menu built on flavors utilizing classic and modern techniques with an emphasis on fermentation, preservation, local agriculture, and hospitality.
Astera inhabits a historic brick building in the Buckman neighborhood of Portland, Oregon. The kitchen utilizes craft fermentation techniques in novel ways to accentuate their cuisine, including the production of novel misos, shoyus, vegetable ferments, koji charcuterie, vegan cheesemaking, water kefir, and kombucha. We buy direct from many small farms from Oregon directly, as well as going to market twice weekly.
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Zero Foodprint is all about this thing called Collective Regeneration.
We’re convinced that we can fight climate change and grow better food with better farming practices. These practices take time, labor, and resources to establish, and historically farms have been expected to bear the brunt of the financial risk to change their practices. After decades of climate initiatives, it’s become clear that nobody can make this transformation on their own.Zero Foodprint pools contributions from all different parts of the food system to make dollars go further. We then equitably distribute those funds via grants to farmers. By directly funding better farming practices, your business’ contributions can help solve the climate crisis while attracting climate-conscious customers and increasing employee satisfaction.
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Zero Foodprint (ZFP) is a nonprofit organization restoring the climate, one acre at a time. We believe that by regenerating soil, local food economies can play a critical role in reversing the global climate crisis. We work with food and beverage businesses, philanthropy, and government to bring the next dollar to implement the next regenerative practice on the next acre. This regenerative economy benefits every person who grows food, every person who sells food, and every person on this planet who eats food.
