Congratulations Four Seasons Resort O'AHU at Ko Olina!
We’re thrilled to announce the Four Seasons Resort O'ahu at Ko Olina as the first large Blue Zones Project Approved™ worksite in the Kapolei & Ewa community. In September 2018, the Four Seasons Resort completed all of its pledge actions, submitted documentation and was awarded 86 points towards becoming Blue Zones Project Approved.
In Ko Olina, Four Seasons Resort launched a Blue Zones Project® initiative called "The Polu Project" (Polu meaning Blue in Hawaiian.) A committee was formed to identify opportunities to make small changes that greatly improved employee well-being. These changes include a weekly Farmer’s Market with nearby Kahumana Farms, employee yoga classes, healthy food options in the employee restaurant, a new mother’s area where moms can express and store breast milk, easy access to walking, biking and other fitness programs, and locations with self monitoring health equipment including scales and blood pressure monitoring systems.
Buying local fish and whole produce is part of the solution and Four Seasons Resort is reaching out to other restaurants to share information about what the Blue Zones Project can do in serving Hawaii communities, from kitchen composting to patronage of local farms.
In shaping the restaurant concepts and menus at Four Seasons, Executive Chef Richard Polhemus is inspired by the many farmers and fishermen on the island. The culinary team at Four Seasons Resort O‘ahu works directly with island fishermen and farmers along the Waianae coast, sourcing and serving the freshest quality ingredients sourced just miles from the Resort.
“Food needs to be true to itself and relevant to where it comes from. One should be able to smell the soil where the carrot was grown. That’s how close it should be,” Polhemus says.
Congratulations, Four Seasons Resort O‘ahu at Ko Olina, on leading well-being here on the Leeward Coast!
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