Restaurants have long touted links to local food producers, and hotels are now following suit, with Fairmont Hotels & Resorts leading the charge. The Fairmont Turnberry
Isle near Miami grows its veggies and fruit in an on-site garden; the Fairmont Acapulco Princess in Mexico buys its cheeses from a local orphanage's farm; and the Fairmont Vancouver Airport can trace all of its organic produce within 19 miles of the hotel. And that chain isn't alone: The new LEED-certified Ritz- Carlton, Charlotte, serves honey and produce from its beehives and rooftop garden; and the Hermitage Hotel in Nashville planted an off-site farm to supply its restaurant with heirloom veggies (
fairmont.com;
ritzcarlton.com;
thehermitagehotel.com).
