<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/3780770a-a3d9-4303-a2bf-c80240dc9e2f/4C36BA17-7D5C-488C-A568-4384C0900925/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://ocresort.freedomblogging.com/2009/08/06/convention-center-beefs-up-menu-with-its-own-cows/13567/" href="http://ocresort.freedomblogging.com/2009/08/06/convention-center-beefs-up-menu-with-its-own-cows/13567/" style="font-size: 11px;">ocresort.freedomblogging.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ocresort.freedomblogging.com/2009/08/06/convention-center-beefs-up-menu-with-its-own-cows/13567/"><P><A target="_blank" href="http://www.anaheimconventioncenter.com/custom.cfm?name=main_noflash.cfm&CFID=2200725&CFTOKEN=45854461" linkindex="147" tooltip="linkalert-tip">Anaheim Convention Center</A>’s food director was frustrated that supplies often ran low on free-range beef for his environmentally friendly menu.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ocresort.freedomblogging.com/2009/08/06/convention-center-beefs-up-menu-with-its-own-cows/13567/">The purchase is believed to be the first time that any convention center has bought cattle. The 75 city-owned cows reside at the <A target="_blank" href="http://www.hearstranch.com/grass-fed-benefits" linkindex="149">Hearst Ranch</A> in San Simeon, where they will be slaughtered, cut to the city-owned center’s specifications and then served to convention-goers near <A target="_blank" href="http://disneyland.disney.go.com/disneyland/en_US/home/home?name=HomePage" linkindex="150" tooltip="linkalert-tip">Disneyland</A>.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ocresort.freedomblogging.com/2009/08/06/convention-center-beefs-up-menu-with-its-own-cows/13567/"><P>It’s just one way that the center has become an industry leader for its green practices. The center also provides free-trade coffee, local produce and <A target="_blank" href="http://www.worldcentric.org/" linkindex="151" tooltip="linkalert-tip">utensils made of cornstarch</A>. “Inhumane” foods are banned from the center. About 15 percent of its fruit and vegetables are organic.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://ocresort.freedomblogging.com/2009/08/06/convention-center-beefs-up-menu-with-its-own-cows/13567/"><P>Tripp, who launched the center’s green program, said he projects that the cows will provide a four-month supply of beef.  The cows cost about $100,000, saving the center about 10 percent in food costs. If the pilot program goes well, the center could buy more cows.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/4C36BA17-7D5C-488C-A568-4384C0900925/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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