"Green Initiatives" at the US Open: By MY Numbers.

Before heading off to the US OPEN this year, I was delighted to check out the new "Green Initiatives," that I read about on the US Open website. There was also a post in NY Mag's Grub Street blog titled, 'Sustainable Food at the US Open, by the Numbers.' It stated this: "the USTA has embarked on a green mission (Hybrid transportation for players! Organic T-shirts!) this year. Food-service provider Levy Restaurants is sourcing over 30,000 pounds of produce from farms in the metro area, plus North Eastern seafood."

Green Tennis? I was excited to check out just how accessible these new 'green' initiatives at the open would be. But I must admit, before I left I ate a sturdy whole wheat bagel smothered in almond butter and maple syrup. Even with tennis, I'm never optimistic when it comes to stadium food. And inspired by NY Mag's "organic numbers" I took a few tally's and counts of my own. Check out what I ate, saw and experienced at the 2009 US Open. By my Numbers...

"Green" Food? Where? Well just as I guessed, the green,

sustainable food at the US Open was hidden away and pretty inaccessible.

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