After graduating with a degree in Environmental Design in Architecture from North Carolina State University, Palmer Fox found himself in an early-life crisis. He always had a knack for entrepreneurship when he was young, and spending his life in front of a drafting board didn’t sound so appealing. So, after some soul-searching in Asheville—and falling in love with the mountains—Palmer found himself in craft beverages learning how to do prohibition-era cocktails. He soon became the Bar Program Director for The Bull and Beggar. Later, in the wake of COVID-19, Palmer found an opportunity to combine environmental action, entrepreneurship, and expertise in the F&B industry to found ClimateHound, the first science-backed global certification for carbon-neutral food and beverage businesses.

Palmer joins me today to discuss how ClimateHound is helping food and beverage businesses reduce their climate impact and become carbon neutral. He explains why the food and beverage industry can’t be carbonless and how carbon offsetting helps restaurants and beverage companies become carbon neutral. Palmer also outlines ClimateHound’s process for working with F&B businesses and underscores the best environmental action anyone can take for the planet.

This week on Consuming the Craft:

●      What ClimateHound is and how they’re helping food and beverage businesses reduce their carbon impact

●      Palmer’s journey in entrepreneurship and his passion for environmental action

●      How Palmer came up with the idea of building a carbon certification firm for food and beverage businesses

●      How restaurants can become carbon neutral

●      How the ClimateHound carbon certification works for restaurants and beverage companies

●      How staying carbon neutral benefits food and beverage companies

●      How a distillery is reducing its carbon impact by using solar energy

●      Booze Clues: It’s what happens if whiskey and rum had a baby

●      Why the food and beverage industry needs to have a dedicated carbon certification firm

Connect with Palmer Fox:

●      ClimateHound

●      ClimateHound on Instagram

●      Palmer Fox on LinkedIn

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