Restaurant 2 Garden (Seattle CID)
Seattle, United States · Operator: Restaurant 2 Garden（創設者 Joycelyn Chui）
Overview
A hyperlocal cycle in Seattle's Chinatown-International District that turns neighboring restaurants' food scraps into compost for the Danny Woo Community Garden—the area's only green space—supporting elderly immigrant gardeners growing culturally significant foods.
Citizen participation
Neighborhood restaurants supply food scraps that are composted at Danny Woo, the area's only green space, supporting elderly Chinese-immigrant gardeners in growing culturally important vegetables.
Operating model
A nonprofit, hyperlocal cycling project sustained by grants (e.g., King Conservation District), donations, and community partnerships.
Impact
Diverts restaurant food waste locally, sustaining green space and immigrant food culture in a dense neighborhood, and demonstrates a circular-economy model as it scales toward serving 100 food businesses.
Crops
- culturally significant Asian vegetables
- leafy greens
Scale
シアトル中華街/インターナショナル地区（CID）の飲食店から生ごみを回収し、ダニー・ウー・コミュニティガーデンで堆肥化。40フィートの大型堆肥化装置への拡張も進行。
Sources（3）
This entry is compiled from the public sources, official sites and research below.
- OfficialRestaurant 2 Garden（公式） ↗restaurant2garden.com
- ArticleRestaurant 2 Garden supports Danny Woo Community Gardeners with compost from neighborhood restaurants' food scraps（Front Porch, City of Seattle） ↗frontporch.seattle.gov
- ArticleHyperlocal composting with Restaurant 2 Garden（PCC Community Markets） ↗pccmarkets.com
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