Love passes through the stomach. Even love for our planet, nature, people. Every year we carefully select the bistros, stalls, cafes and mobile kitchens that will present their offerings at Rock for People. In addition to variety, quality of ingredients and great service, other key parameters such as reducing the carbon footprint or organic quality are increasingly entering the selection process. At the same time, sustainability and the gradual transition to a zero-waste model. It won’t happen right away, but we have a goal, plans and in this case we can even hint at it!
Be part of our gastronomic (r)evolution – with your orders, feedback or waste sorting.
Info if you don’t have time to read:
We are expanding our range of meatless and plant-based dishes. We are increasing the share of local suppliers from the region. Backed Nicknack cups get you beer, limo, soda, hot drinks and mixed drinks. Your food will be served in compostable containers. We sort 17 types of waste within the grounds, food service, campground, backstage and back of house areas. We have our own gastro rules.
If you want to know the details:
1/ We are expanding our range of meat-free and plant-based dishes.
Meat production is a major consumer of water, energy and greenhouse gas emissions. Also deforestation, or deforestation to grow feed crops for livestock. The climate footprint of plant production is lower (ideally when it doesn’t fly halfway around the world to us). For example, instead of growing soybeans to fill the stomachs of cows, they can be grown directly for humans, i.e. without the animal intermediate. Therefore, to reduce our climate footprint, we will be expanding our meat-free and plant-based food and beverage offerings. You can help us to reduce our footprint with your choice too!
A partner of the more diverse plant-based offer is the organization ProVeg, which has prepared a ten-point guide for stallholders who want to expand and make their offer more attractive with plant-based food. The zone with a large representation of plant-based, meat-free and gluten-free offerings can be found at the KB Stage.
2/ Increase the share of local suppliers from the region.
We have established cooperation with gastro operators from Hradec Králové and the surrounding area to reduce the number of kilometres driven.
3/ You can get beer, limo, soda, hot drinks and mixed drinks in the Nicknack cups.
You’re already used to the returnable, reusable cups in the Rock for People design. Not only beer, but also limo, soda, hot drinks and now also mixed drinks. You can learn more about the back-up system in the article on Reusing.
4/ Your food will be served in compostable dishes.
One-use plastics are no more. They take time to break down. Often they can’t even be recycled. And they’re already banned, both in the Czech Republic and in the EU. That’s why you get the goodies from your grills and pans on compostable dishes. Please dispose of your dishes in the compostable dish/bio-waste bin after you have finished eating. Food scraps of animal origin (meat, dairy products, eggs) belong in the mixed waste. Vegetable residues can be disposed of with compostable dishes.
5/ We sort 17 types of waste within the site, the catering operation, the campsite and the site facilities.
Sorting, sorting, sorting. For several years now, you will find sorting nests in the festival grounds. We go further – not only in the grounds, but also in the backstage, backstage or campsites. In addition to plastic or paper, the gastro stands also sort gastro waste, edible oils or coffee grounds. For more detailed information on waste management, see the article Waste.
6/ We have our own gastro rules.
Every food and raw material leaves a carbon footprint – in cultivation, breeding, processing, storage, transport, distribution… That is why we have developed a pyramid of preferred raw materials and foods, which takes into account not only the difficulty of production, but also the distance from the place of production and the regime in which it is grown/kept (organic, fairtrade). And some raw materials have been banned: palm oil, beef from South America, cage-free eggs or tea in plastic bags. Some are not banned, but are only acceptable if certain conditions are met: coffee and chocolate with Rainforest Alliance & UTZ, Fairtrade or organic certification, avocados only from EU countries or Israel, and seafood only with ASC (sustainable fish farming) or MSC (sustainable fisheries) certification.
