F&B NY 2019

Michael Oshman
Founder and CEO
Green Restaurant Association


Michael Oshman is the Founder and CEO of the Green Restaurant Association (GRA), a national non-profit organization formed in 1990 to shift the restaurant industry toward ecological sustainability. A true expert in the Green Restaurant® arena, Oshman has been featured in Time Magazine, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, on NBC Nightly News, NPR, CNN, Fox News, ABC, and hundreds of other local and national media outlets. The GRA’s notable press coverage has lead Michael to keynote speeches and guest lectures at conferences in the U.S., Mexico, Canada, and Asia. Michael Oshman founded the Green Restaurant Association at the age of 19. In 1998, the Do Something Foundation honored Oshman’s work toward positive environmental change. In 1999, he was named one of the top thirty young leaders in the world by Youth for Environmental Sanity. As the pioneer of the Green Restaurant® movement, Michael Oshman continues his mission to educate consumers and restaurateurs…affecting change one bite at a time.

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