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chicks to our chicken coop to
lay eggs which we’ll use in our
custards and a select few gelato
recipes. The chicken coop
features a sustainable green
roof to help moderate the
temperature for our chickens
as well as to distribute rainwater
runoff more evenly.
In 2013 we will add an apiary
with honey bees that will
help to naturally pollinate our
plants. We will use their honey
for recipes like our honey
lavender ice cream.
Sustainability and Commitment
to our Community
While our passion is making
ice cream, we are much more
than that. We are staunchly
committed to sustainability in
everything we do. From our
building design to the compostable
cups and spoons we
use in our café, our impact on
the community and our envi-
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ronment are always at
forefront of our minds.
Barry’s commitment
to sustainable business
began years ago back
in New York where his
father set an example
by being one of the
first conservation farmers
around (there was
no sustainability back
then). His father instilled
in him the value
of re-using materials
and preserving natural
resources to make a
great product and a far
better world.
Our café and
farm is a model of
sustainable, low impact
design. Barry and
Shahnaz looked long
Amongst other sustainable features around the and hard for the perfect
place to build their
plant, the Snoqualmie Ice Cream factory features
solar panels to generate renewable energy.
business and settled on
property with a singlefamily
dwelling here in Maltby.
Re-using as much of the existing
building as they could,
they minimized the materials
that were carted away to
the landfill during the building
phase. Further design considerations
were given to the use
of power and the impact on
the environment and can be
witnessed around the property.
Highlights of
sustainable design
on our property
include:
• Our parking lot
is made of pervious
concrete allowing
rainwater
to drain evenly to
nourish the native
soil below. The
rainwater then
moves through
the ground, replenishing
the groundwater
while also being absorbed by
surrounding vegetation, or
by evaporation. This reduces
flooding by reducing the
amount of water released into
storm drains and pipes, ensuring
pollutants won’t reach
the streams that are homes
for salmon.
• Bio-filtration Swales (bioswales)
are ditches surrounding
our plant and farm that are
lined with grass and plants to
filter water and slow the runoff
through them, releasing
excess water back into the
soil and reducing the amount
of runoff that goes into storm
drains nearby.
• Our plant features solar
panels to generate renewable
energy. The location for the
plant used to be a single-family
home and we preserved as
much of the original structure
during construction to minimize
materials sent to landfills.
• State of the art energy efficient
lighting, refrigeration
and compressors, along with
heat recovery systems, significantly
reduce our energy and
water usage.
• Waste heat recovered from
the machinery in the ice
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