The Climate Solutions for Restaurant Survival campaign is dedicated to tackling the significant impact of climate change on independent restaurants, chefs, and the local economies they support.

Climate change poses an immediate threat to the independent restaurant industry and the millions of people that it employs.

Rising temperatures, extreme weather events, floods, drought, fire, and shifts in agricultural patterns are driving up costs for an already vulnerable industry and undermining the ability of chefs to meet consumers’ expectations for high-quality meals at all price points. How restaurants feel that impact will depend on the effectiveness of our collective efforts to reduce climate change.

The Climate Solutions for Restaurant Survival campaign is dedicated to tackling the significant impact of climate change on independent restaurants, chefs, and the local economies they support. We’re bringing together chefs from across the country to raise awareness, educate federal policy makers, and galvanize action to mitigate the impacts of climate change. We will harness first-hand experience to make clear that climate change is not only an environmental crisis; it's a clear and present danger to a thriving independent restaurant industry.

JBF and the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Environmental Working Group have produced a letter urgently calling on Congress to take immediate action to address the impacts of climate change in this year’s farm bill. Read the letter here.