Love goes 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 and plans, and we can even hint at it!
Be part of our gastro (r)evolution – with your orders, feedback or waste sorting.
Info if you don’t have time to read:
We are expanding our offer 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 the range of meat-free and plant-based dishes.
Meat production is a large 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 across the globe 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.
2/ Increase the share of local suppliers from the region.
We have established cooperation with catering operators from Hradec Králové and its surroundings to reduce the number of kilometres driven.
3/ You can get beer, limo, soda, hot drinks and mixed drinks in Nicknack cups.
You are already used to the returnable, backed cups in the Rock for People design. Not only can you have beer poured into them, but also limo, soda, hot drinks and now mixed drinks. Learn more about the back-up system in our article on Reuse & Recycling.
4/ Your food will be served in compostable dishes.
No more disposable plastic. 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 the barbecues and pans on compostable crockery. 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 premises, the catering operation, the campsite and the facilities.
Sort, sort, sort. You will find sorting nests on the festival grounds for several years. 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 – when it is grown, raised, processed, stored, transported, distributed… That’s why we have developed a pyramid of preferred ingredients and foods that 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.
