UNICEF’s Tap Project

As part of UNICEF’s work on bringing clean water to children around the world, they have launched the Tap Project, a fundraiser where restaurants urge guests to donate $1 for water, with all donations going straight to the project.  Founding Farmers and Farmers & Fishers are on board to help increase awareness of the world water needs and your assistance is needed!

Since both Farmers locations serve tap water that’s been superfiltered and mineralized through Natura water stations, (and NO bottled water), this was a natural for us. A story in Food Safety News looks into the work UNICEF is doing—please come help us support them this week with your donation.  We’re asking guests to donate $1 per jug of water that is brought to the table and additional donations may be made at the restaurant.

Donations will be accepted at both restaurants through Saturday, March 27, 2010.   Thank you in advance for your support!

From the Food Safety News article “Restaurants Join in Clean Water Project” by Helena Bottemiller:

Next week, waitstaff at restaurants across the country will invite patrons to donate a dollar for their tap water to help UNICEF provide clean water to children across the globe.

Waterborne illness remains the second leading cause of death for children under the age of five–4,100 children die every day from water-related illnesses. Almost 900 million people lack access to clean water and UNICEF’s Tap Project aims to help cut that number in half by 2015.

During World Water Week 2010 (March 21-27), participating restaurants across the country–including top restaurants in Washington, DC and New York–will ask their customers to donate a dollar or more for their tap water to raise funds and awareness for the project.

Founding Farmers Goes Public on Tap Water

Since we opened our doors more than a year and a half ago, we have been using a Natura system to provide fresh, clean drinking water.   From the tap – DC’s finest!   We’ve never served fancy bottled Italian water.  EVER!  We never believed it was a good environmentally-friendly or a guest-friendly choice.  Our fancy/beautiful Natura superfiltration machine mineralizes and purifies the water without the use of chemicals, and provides our guests a choice of FREE water three ways: room temperature, chilled, or sparkling.   Now that’s tapping into something good!

This means the recycled milk jug water carafes on your table have just been filled by your server and won’t ever see a landfill or a recycling center, because they’re washed and sanitized each night so we can use them again.   No waste, no recycling needed, no carbon offsets for water delivery trucks.  Recently, Tack Back the Tap contacted us to join them in their effort to reduce the use of bottled water. Since we’ve been doing it from day one, we immediately signed up!   Check out their information on the reasons behind their movement and join their efforts!