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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi may have left her progressive instincts at the barn door when she drove a starch-, sugar- and fat-bloated bill that all but left out organic farmers through the House last summer, but when it comes to food for Congress, it's out with high-fructose corn syrup and in with uncaged hens and hormone-free milk.
Under Pelosi's signature "Green the Capitol" initiative, the House cafeterias will get a full-blown makeover Monday to the very latest in organic and locally grown cuisine under a new contract with Restaurant Associates, caterer to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
The vast House food service operation that feeds the belly of the beast - more than 2.5 million meals a year for members, staff, tourists, lobbyists, lawyers, journalists and other highly regarded species that inhabit the Capitol - is switching to locally grown, organic, seasonal and...
Full Story: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/12/17/MNK0TRJCI.DTL
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House of Representatives Cafeteria in D.C. Going Organic & Local
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Pelosi leads the House to go organic in its cafeterias Washington
By Carolyn Lochhead
San Francisco Chronicle, December 17, 2007
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