Archive for 'Going Green'

Royal Oak Farm Wastes Not, Wants Not

Issue: June 2011 by .

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Food waste is something most schools and businesses try to prevent. But what happens to the waste that does accumulate? Royal Oak Farm, LLC, in Evington, Virginia, takes care of that and much more. Handling over 300 tons of waste per day, the Newman family owns the largest compost facility in the Commonwealth. Ken Newman, [...]

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Talking Trash: How the City Keeps it Clean

Issue: May 2011 by .

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A clean city contributes to a caring city, which ultimately leads to increased business—at least that’s the approach LuAnn Hunt takes when looking at the trash situation in Lynchburg. “I definitely don’t think the city has a trash problem,” said Hunt, who works in the city’s Communications and Marketing department. “We do have a lot [...]

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Forest’s First Farmer’s Market to Open

Issue: April 2011 by .

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Spring is a season of “firsts.” The first flower to bloom in the garden. The first jog without a coat. And for many, spring is all about the first trip to the farmer’s market. It’s a seasonal rite that folks in Forest have had to take part in by making a trip to either Lynchburg [...]

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Changes in Sight for Starlight Cafe

Issue: March 2011 by .

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Vegetarians looking for good eats and a smooth cup of coffee know exactly how to do brunch in the ‘Burg. Order up: one Protestor, a side of tots and a Black Aspen. Translation: a cheesy sandwich with avocado and mushrooms, tater tots and a minty-chocolate concoction with espresso and milk. It’s the kind of funky [...]

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Isabella’s Green Cuisine

Issue: February 2011 by .

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Authentic Italian cuisine begins with rich ingredients like salty-sweet prosciutto shipped from the grassy hillsides of central Italy. Or maybe even gigantic wheels of sharp, nutty Parmigiano Reggiano cheese produced in the lush Italian countryside. Many people might believe that’s the only way a successful Italian restaurant would do business. But for Isabella’s Italian Trattoria [...]

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Toting Success: Fabriko leads the way in environmentally-sound products

Issue: January 2011 by .

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Everywhere you turn—in grocery stores, at the Community Market, in shopping malls—canvas totes blanket the area, urging buyers to shop with environmentally conscious ease. Businesses are touting their company slogan on the sides of the bag and quirky sayings catch your eye as you pass a shopper on the sidewalk. Even high-end designers, like Marc [...]

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Recycle Easy: Taking Out the Trash Just Got Greener

Issue: December 2010 by .

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Recycle Easy, a local company dedicated to increasing residential and commercial recycling in the area, just celebrated its two-year anniversary. For many businesses, the first few years act as a trial-and-error period as kinks are worked out, lessons are learned and new ideas are hatched. Recycle Easy was no different. “The first change [at Recycle [...]

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Reducing the “College Footprint”

Issue: November 2010 by .

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It really comes down to a game of numbers. Lynchburg College had an enrollment of 2,500 undergraduate and graduate students for the 2010-2011 school year. Liberty University’s Fall 2010 registration totaled 12,000 students in the residential program, Sweet Briar College has a total undergraduate enrollment of 745 this year and Randolph College’s Fall 2010 enrollment [...]

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Clean and Green K9: A local business scoops and scores

Issue: September 2010 by .

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There’s an old adage that says, “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” For Branden Robinson, when life gave him waste, he started a business. Clean and Green K9, an environmentally friendly dog waste removal service, started in May of 2010 after Robinson discovered some disturbing facts about our furry friends’ waste. “I have two [...]

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Waste Not, Want Not: Region 2000 Services Authority teaches area students the importance of conservation

Issue: August 2010 by .

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An old Chinese Proverb says, “Tell me and I’ll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I’ll understand.” When we think back on the lessons we’ve learned, whether in adolescence or our adult years, most of what we’ve learned has been through experience—a bad break-up that taught us to know better, a [...]

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