Ever heard of urban farming? What about the local food movement? There’s been a lot going on to increase awareness about eating local and supporting local producers & makers. Hubby and I are proud to a part of YYC Growers and Distributors through our small farm business, Happiness By The Acre. YYC Growers is a farmer/producer owned cooperative here in Calgary, with the vision for sustainable food that is delicious, healthy, fresh and supports community issues like environmental footprints, food security & food democracy.
It has been a pleasure to watch the local food movement grow over the last several years. It is in the spirit of celebration that the co-op is undertaking a project called 150 Faces of YYC Growers, to help commemorate Canada’s 150th Birthday & showcase the folks involved in today’s local food!
Even our little {big} Sam is getting to be involved in this project! He was featured as one of the 150 Faces recently. Each day, for 150 days, the project is showcasing someone involved in the food community. That might be a farmer/producer, volunteer, customer, or restaurant. It’s a great way to get to know your local farmers, see how the work gets done, learn more about what’s happening with local food in Calgary, and see how you can play a part too! Or maybe you already do…
Follow the project on Facebook or Instagram to see all 150 Faces! And if you’re already involved with YYC Growers, make sure to submit your photos & story to: [email protected]
Eat local. Support local. Love local.
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Hiya, folks! And welcome! I’m Sarah, the pastel-unicorn-mermaid-cat-lace-button loving mama behind Bubblegum Sass. I’ve been periodically sharing some tidbits about myself on Instagram and thought I would post them here too, so you can get to know me more.
Here’s some random fun facts:
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My favourite colour is turquoise
- I totally have dance parties listening to worship music, while doing the evening dishes
- I started a weightlifting program almost six ago & I’m not embarrassed to say I can now Deadlift 185lbs!
- I believe there’s an essential oil remedy for everything {or at least almost everything}
- Painting my nails always makes me happy & it’s one simple way I practice a little self-care
- I love playing board games & hubby and I recently added a board game night with new friends to our schedule
- We own farmland near Carstairs & we hope to live out there this summer {until school starts up}
- My main farm project this year, is going to be growing fresh cut flowers {wish me luck with that}
- When I’m not stitching up Love Catchers & Dreamcatchers for my Etsy shop, you can find me doing Lego with our son, talking to our cats, & drinking copious amounts of coffee with cream
- We’ve been neck deep in paperwork, home study interviews, online courses, podcasts & books in our process to adopt domestically!! What an amazing journey life is!
Thanks for reading along here on the blog!
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