Green & Natural

Readers’ Choice winners

All aboard Amtrak for a green vacation!

All aboard Amtrak for a green vacation!

Photo By Anne Stokes

Best green resource

1. Green Sacramento
1931 H Street, (916) 448-8109, www.greensacramento.com

2. UC Davis
(530) 752-1011, www.ucdavis.edu

Best place for green knowledge

1. Green Sacramento
1931 H Street, (916) 448-8109, www.greensacramento.com

2. UC Davis
(530) 752-1011, www.ucdavis.edu

3. Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op
1900 Alhambra Boulevard, (916) 455-2667, www.sacfoodcoop.com

3. SN&R
1015 20th Street, (916) 498-1234, www.newsreview.com

Best eco-friendly restaurant

1. Dad’s Kitchen
2968 Freeport Boulevard, (916) 443-3237

1. Sunflower Natural Food Restaurant
10344 Fair Oaks Boulevard, Fair Oaks; (916) 967-4331

2. Cafe Bernardo
various locations, www.paragarys.com

2. Javalounge
2416 16th Street, (916) 441-3945, www.myspace.com/thejavalounge

2. Mulvaney’s Building and Loan
1215 19th Street, (916) 441-6022

Best natural-foods store

1. Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op
1900 Alhambra Boulevard, (916) 455-2667, www.sacfoodcoop.com

2. Whole Foods Market
4315 Arden Way, (916) 448-2800, www.wholefoodsmarket.com

3. Trader Joe’s
various locations, www.traderjoes.com

Best green supply store

1. Green Sacramento
1931 H Street, (916) 448-8109, www.greensacramento.com

2. Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op
1900 Alhambra Boulevard, (916) 455-2667, www.sacfoodcoop.com

Best green politician

1. Mayor Heather Fargo

2. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger

3. Assemblyman Dave Jones

Best green idea

1. Mass transit

1. Riding bicycles

2. Solar power

Best green getaway

1. Amtrak
www.amtrak.com

2. Le Rivage Hotel
4350 Riverside Boulevard, (916) 443-8400, www.lerivagehotel.com

3. Collecting trash along the rivers

LJ Urban’s Levi Benkert constructs sustainability at the Good housing project.

Photo By KYLE MONK

Best green community

1. Davis

1. Good housing project by LJ Urban
Fourth and B streets, West Sacramento; (916) 930-9400, www.ljurban.com

2. Midtown

Best green activist

1. Levi Benkert, LJ Urban
www.ljurban.com

2. Sena Christian, SN&R
www.newsreview.com

2. Muriel Strand

Best green consultant

1. GreenBuilt Construction
1931 H Street, (916) 371-4970, www.greenbuilt.com

2. Bennett McCulloch, Vista Homes
9856 Business Park Drive, (916) 369-6696, www.vistahomebuilders.com

3. LJ Urban
1931 H Street, (916) 930-9400, www.ljurban.com

3. SMUD
6201 S Street, (916) 452-3211, www.smud.org

Best environmental reporter

1. Chris Bowman, The Sacramento Bee
www.sacbee.com

1. Sena Christian, SN&R
www.newsreview.com

2. Jim Downing, The Sacramento Bee
www.sacbee.com

Best farm

1. Soil Born Farms
2140 Chase Drive, (916) 363-9865;
3000 Hurley Way, (916) 486-9686; www.soilborn.org

2. Full Belly Farm
Off Highway 16 in the Capay Valley, (530) 796-2214, www.fullbellyfarm.com

3. Del Rio Botanical
20030 Old River Road, West Sacramento; (916) 919-1843; www.delriobotanical.com

Best farmers’ market

1. Sacramento Central Farmers’ Market
Sundays, 8 a.m.-noon; Eighth and W streets, under Highway 80

2. Cesar Chavez Plaza Farmers’ Market
Wednesdays, May 2-October 31, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; 10th and J streets

3. Davis Farmers’ Market
Saturdays, 8 a.m.-1 p.m.; Central Park, Fourth and C streets, Davis; www.davisfarmersmarket.org