# 1 Fast Food City??
Scarborough Research surveyed America’s cities which city’s citizens most frequently eat at fast food restaurants. Take your guess of who is #1! The South is the fast food capital of America. And Birmingham, Alabama is the dubious winner of #1 in America. Here’s the top ten: Birmingham, Alabama Lexington, Kentucky Atlanta, Georgia Dallas/Ft. Worth Louisville, Kentucky Memphis, Tennessee Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Indianapolis, Indiana Knoxville, Tennessee Columbus, Ohio The South represents 7 out of

Who’s Buying Organic Food?
Research by Scarborough Research, http://www.weknowthelocals.com identified the following cities where the most adults have consumed organic food in the past month: San Francisco Bay Area Seattle/Tacoma Austin, Texas Denver Portland, Oregon San Diego Honolulu Washington, D.C. Boston LA What’s missing? The South and Midwest! ANALYSIS: In 2008 the United States consumed $25 billion of organic foods. The industry has been experiencing 15+% annual growth rates. With this recession organic food sales are projected to grow around 6%.

NEW MEDIA and SUSTAINABILITY MARKETING PLAN
Is your marketing plan engaged with consumers adopting both sustainability and new media? The Millennial Generation, Concerned Caregivers and the “Sustainable CEO” are redefining what they buy, who they are buying from and who they trust. This can be your firm’s opportunity for growing revenues and building brand equity, or it’s most significant business risk. EARTH 2017 is the thought-leader on the consumer convergence of sustainability and new media. This leadership positioning is built upon our work with actual businesses that are succeeding in growing green revenues. We work with our clients to apply these best practices that we know from exper

How much oil in a Quarter Pounder?
How Many Ounces of Oil in a Quarter Pounder? 26 ounces is the astounding answer to how many ounces of oil are required to produce a quarter pounder. This one hamburger accounts for 13 pounds of CO2 emissions which is more than that emitted by burning 7 pounds of coal in a power plant or driving your car 13 miles! Michael Pollan explains that in the 1950’s it took our agricultural system one calorie of oil (calorie is a measurement of energy) to produce one calorie of food. Today it takes TEN calories of oil to produce one calorie of food. As Pollan explains, our agricultural system and its fast food customers are now “eating oil, emitting green

55% of Worker Think They Are More Productive in Green Buildings!
As reported in Canaccord Adams Green Building Semimonthly: “University of San Diego’s Burnham-Moores Center for Real Estate and CB Richard Ellis (CBRE)…researchers surveyed more than 2,000 tenants in 154 green buildings managed by CBRE nationwide. To gauge office worker productivity, they relied on two