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Open Daily 11AM - 9PM
OUR PROGRAMS
Check out our cooking classes, Kickstart program and other great events!
Our CEO's Story
After a successful decades-long career in IT and running a company in the national security arena, I became enlightened about what it means to be healthy by watching “Forks Over Knives.” Six years ago, I lost my fiancé to heart disease suddenly at the young age of 50, when he still had kids in high school and college. As a South Carolinian, his meals were always fried or barbecued, and always included large portions of animal flesh. As a mostly vegetarian since my twenties, I thought that low carb diets were the key to staying slim and fit. Read More
Opened in November 2015, GreenFare is an innovative community cafe and learning center that serves organic, whole plant food in concert with medical professionals, environmentalists, and animal welfare advocates who recognize that this optimal diet can positively transform our world. To read more about the growing body of evidence in support of a whole food plant-based diet, click here.
ABOUT US
OUR FOUNDERS
Pericles Silva, Operations Manager
Pericles Silva has a degree in Sports Nutrition, is a certified PCRM Food for Life Instructor, and developed and delivered the Healthy Eating program at Whole Foods in Reston for five years. He is also certified in Plant Based Nutrition from the Cornell Center for Nutritional Studies.
At GreenFare, we strive to provide a local, sustainable, and seasonal menu that is delicious, fresh and locally prepared oil-free with low sodium, along with catering, and a variety of events including cooking classes, book signings, and Kickstart programs, among others to stimulate thinking about the impact of our food choices on ourselves, our families, the environment, and animals.
With love, we offer this food to our guests with the hope of nourishing healthy people and a healthy planet!
Gwyn Whittaker, CEO & Owner
After a long and successful career as an entreprenuer in high performance computing, Gwyn decided to dedicate the next chapter of her life to helping create a healthier world. Inspired by the documentary Forks Over Knives, Gwyn completed the Plant Based Nutrition Certificate Program from Cornell's Center for Nutritional Studies, attended Dr. John McDougall's Wellness Program, and worked with Nelson Campbell to successfully execute a 45 person 10 day JumpStart program that transformed the lives of so many of its participants. It was from these experiences that the idea of GreenFare was born--a cafe where education and awareness is promoted around awesome whole plant food that is certified organic and oil free.
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