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Farmers Bet 'Green' Eatery Will Catch On

The new Founding Farmers' restaurant General Manager Ralph De Rose poses for a photo at Founding Farmers' restaurant in Washington on Friday, Sept. 26, 2008. North Dakota farmers opened Founding Farmers, just blocks from the White House, to showcase food from family farms. The eatery aims to be \"Washington's greenest restaurant.\" (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

WASHINGTON - North Dakota farmers have spent $6 million to open a pair of Washington restaurants, one just blocks from the White House, to showcase food from family farms. The newer eatery aims to be "Washington's greenest restaurant."

"We believe we are doing the right thing, doing it the right way, and the profit will come," says Ralph DeRose, general manager of Founding Farmers, a modern space with an environmentally friendly design.