Soo I’ve had the idea of starting a small restaurant on a permaculture farm for a while. Every single ingredient would be grown right on the farm and customers would be able to see and walk around the farm if they want(with supervision, I guess in a short tour?), im thinking it should be a vegan restaurant, it just makes more sense to me. All the food would be organic/pesticide free/herbicide free, This would be the healthiest restaurant in my whole country for sure.
The restaurant wouldn’t be on the middle of the farm but it would be right in the middle of a nice botanical garden. The garden would make the place so much more pretty and attractive, plus this way people can sit down benches placed around the garden and eat while. In my country theres not many 3rd place , I could advertise the place as a free botanical garden with a restaurant on it.
The farm would be right besides the garden but it would be fenced so people dont touch the plants too much or steal them. So yeah these are 3 ideas together, botanical garden/restaurant/farm. I feel like I can advertise the botanical garden and the vegan restaurant separately so its less confusin.
I’ve been kicking around a very similar restaurant. The front is a normal restaurant, the back is a very large warehouse with very efficient, vertical farm, probably hydroponic. In addition to providing most of the ingredients, it would also share air with the restaurant. Customers could enjoy very fresh foods and fresh, farm air.
I don’t know enough about this field to make it work, but I do think that the amount of farming space is probably larger than anyone thinks. You’d need crops in all stages of their development all the time, yet enough of them in harvest/fruit-bearing stages to satisfy the daily menu.
I also worry if it’s hydroponic, perhaps the air quality will not be pleasant for visitors, considering the nutrients that would need to be added all the time.
TBH, I don’t want to make this, but I do want it to exist.