Author: Rebecca Budd

• Eat a Red Apple Day

  

  “If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe.” Carl Edward Sagan Welcome to December 1st which celebrate red apples. Yes, it is National Eat a Red Apple Day, a reminder to eat a red apple, a nutritious source of manganese, copper, and the vitamins A, E, B1, […]

  Rebecca Budd

  November 29, 2020

  Apples, Clanmother, Fruit, National Eat a Red Apple Day

  Ambrosia Apples, British Columbia, December 1st, Eat a Red Apple Day, Johnny Appleseed

• International Tea Day – The Beginning

  

  May 21, 2020 is the first observance of the International Tea Day: Harnessing benefits for all from field to cup. Tea is always a celebration for me for it connects me to friendships, places, events and great conversations. I am thrilled to be celebrating the first International Tea Day. I love beginnings! This is a […]

  Rebecca Budd

  May 21, 2020

  Clanmother, International Tea Day, Tea

  Celebrations, Climate Change, FAO, Tea, United Nations

• Celebrating Tea

  

  April 21, 2020, is Britain’s fifth annual National Tea Day. It is a celebration that I have every day, along with millions of tea drinkers across the globe. According to Statista.com, “in 2018, global consumption of tea amounted to about 273 billion liters and is forecasted to reach to 297 billion liters by 2021” The […]

  Rebecca Budd

  April 21, 2020

  National Tea Day, Shetland, Tea, Tea Rooms, Victoria’s Vintage Tea Room – Unst, Shetland

  Britian, National Tea Day, Shetland, Tea, Victoria’s Vintage Tea Room

• Farmers Markets – Celebrating Food

  

  “Shake the hand that feeds you.” Michael Pollan Farmers markets are flourishing across the country. Meandering through the stalls of fresh vegetables and fruits, homemade bread and cakes, cheese and eggs, we are drawn into the story of humanity. Farmer markets connect us with our past, and present an optimistic alternative to a dreaded dystopian […]

  Rebecca Budd

  August 2, 2019

  Family Farming, Lonsdale Quay Farmers Market, Summer

  Community, Farmers, Farmers Market, Farms, Food Security, Lonsdale Quay Farmers Market

• What Feeds Us

  

  The City of Vancouver defines a just and sustainable food system as one in which food production, processing, distribution , consumption and waste management are integrated to enhance the environmental, economic, social and nutritional well-being of our city and its residents.” Vancouver Food Strategy –  page 10, January 2013 The spectre of food insecurity is […]

  Rebecca Budd

  July 21, 2019

  Clanmother, Community Gardens, Food Security, Urban Gardens, Vancouver, World Hunger

  Community Gardens, Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, Vancouver Food Strategy

• Farm-to-Table & Distance-to-Fork

  

  “Food is our common ground, a universal experience.” James Beard 821 Million People 821 million people – one in nine – still go to bed on an empty stomach each night. Even more – one in three – suffer from some form of malnutrition.  This data comes directly from  World Food Programme (WFP), the leading […]

  Rebecca Budd

  July 4, 2019

  Clanmother, Food Security, World Food Programme, World Hunger, Zero Hunger

  Fast Food, Food Security, Global Goals, World Food Programme