In 2013 BDP became the first caterer in the country to earn 4-Star Certified Green Restaurant status from the Green Restaurant Association, and still holds the title of “Greenest Caterer in America.”

• We have our own organic urban farm where we have three beehives and grow dozens of varieties of vegetables, fruits, herbs, and edible flowers.

• Each year we harvest thousands of pounds of crops from our own farm, with our highest crop yield being tomatoes.

• We also grow microgreens and herbs indoors year-round.

• We support many local farms and purveyors to source what we don't grow ourselves.

• Our building uses sustainable geothermal energy for our water heater, heating, and air conditioning.

• We recycle and compost.

• We use compostable and eco-disposables for all of our corporate drop-off jobs.

• We compost all food scraps and compostable paper goods.

• Finished compost is used to nourish the crops growing in our urban farm.

• We conserve water with faucets that have a lower water flow.

• Our cleaning chemicals meet the highest green standards.

• Since 2011 we have donated all our used vegetable oil to a biodiesel service, which turns it into fuel for shuttle buses and glycerin for soap for Loyola University.