Palm Beach Illustrated Local initiatives work to please the planet by improving restaurants’ sustainability practices Photo by Rachel Wallace Photography While each of us individually can aim to make better food choices, our impact is limited without the participation of heavy hitters like restaurants. Fortunately, these local initiatives incentivize eateries to go greener. Branzino at The Cooper. Loggerhead Marinelife Center’s Blue Table Restaurant Program requires participating restaurants to implement environmentally friendly changes (e.g., no straws, plastics, or styrofoam) and apply Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch recommendations, which rate seafood sustainability on factors such as total population, bycatch, impact on ocean habitats, and more. Bonus points to restaurants like Tequesta’s Hog Snappers and Delray Beach’s Lionfish that include invasive species on their menu to impel elimination. Check out one (or more) of the eight Blue Table–approved restaurants: