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CityViewNC.com | 51 e Green Schools program, started in 2009 by the organization, also sus- tains the Cumberland County STEM (Science, Technology, Education, Math) learning schools. Sustainable Sandhills does waste audits at each school and the principal who saves the most money gets a "slush fund" that can be spent on teachers or put back into the school. is program is all about energy efficiency. e improved Green Business pro- gram is designed to meet a variety of cri- teria. It examines how a business serves their customers, the office environment and what a business is doing to make their break rooms less wasteful, etc. A few Green Businesses include: World- wide Language Technologies, PWC, El- liotts on Linden, American Movers and and the Fayetteville Regional Airport. But as was mentioned previously, Sustainable Sandhills is really getting their name out through their sought aer pop-up dinners. A brainchild of Ehrenreich, she is leading the Slow Food Fayetteville movement, which is all about fresh, local meat and produce all sourced no further than 80 miles away. ree pop-up dinners have been held thus far at Sherefe´, Moore Expo- sure Center and Marquis Market, with each one being sold out to Fayette- ville foodies. Ehrenreich believes that through these dinners, a food culture can be recognized and that people will come to this area for the local cuisine, in time, and not associate the Fayette- ville/Fort Bragg area with its myriad of chain restaurants. "Where our food comes from is important and we need to support our agricultural heritage. We struggle to embrace our identity when we have a transient population with a 30-percent turnover rate every year. It's a lot of change for a commu- nity to accommodate," she expressed. rough the Slow Food Fayetteville movement, Ehrenreich is hoping that locals experiment and design the local food culture themselves. "Not only is fresh food necessary and important to our region, happiness is created through place and identity." And happiness is something that sustains us all. CV KEEP Paid for by the Committee for Judge Clark Reaves www.JudgeClarkReaves.com KEEP Paid for by the Committee for Judge Clark Reaves www.JudgeClarkReaves.com

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