[BCFSN] Tea Creek Farm - Canada's UN Food Hero of 2022!

[Arzeena Hamir]

They’re doing such fantastic work. Kudos to you, Jacob!!

Arzeena

Amara Farm
Courtenay, BC
(250) 702-5657
www.amarafarm.ca

> On Oct 10, 2022, at 9:06 AM, Abra Brynne <abrabrynne at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello all,
> some of you may be aware of Tea Creek Farm <https://www.teacreek.ca/> in Kitwanga, Gitxsan Territory, and run by the visionary Dzap’l Gye’a̱win Skiik (also known as Jacob Beaton) and co-founder Jessica Ouelette. They were recently recognized by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization as a Canadian Food Heros. See below for more information and check out their website if you have not already done so.
> in good food,
> abra
>   
> abra brynne  she | her 
> abra at foodshed.ca <mailto:abra at foodshed.ca>
> Ph: 250.777.2480 (Atlantic time zone)
> 
> "Whoever suggested that good thinking should be in a straight line?" Brewster Kneen
> 
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> 
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: Jacob Beaton <jacob at teacreek.ca <mailto:jacob at teacreek.ca>>
> Date: Wed, Oct 5, 2022 at 10:54 PM
> Subject: Spread the word - We are Canada's UN Food Hero of 2022!
> Cc: Peter Kok <peter at teacreek.ca <mailto:peter at teacreek.ca>>
> 
> Good Evening,
> 
> We are excited to announce that Tea Creek has been selected as Canada’s Food Hero by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) for 2022!! October 16th is Word Food Day, we’ll be profiled internationally in 6 different languages. Please feel free to share the news!
> 
> World Food Day is tied in with the Sustainable Development Goals. There are activities for youth and toolkits on the Food Day website. You can preview our story - and others from around the world - here on the Food Day website: 
> https://www.fao.org/world-food-day/food-heroes/ <https://www.fao.org/world-food-day/food-heroes/>
> 
> A link to our UN FAO story: https://www.fao.org/world-food-day/food-heroes/detail/jacob-beaton-and-jessica-ouellette/en <https://www.fao.org/world-food-day/food-heroes/detail/jacob-beaton-and-jessica-ouellette/en> 
> 
> The story is now live and is OK to share. 
> 
> Many thanks to our funders and supporters this year! We are currently looking for support to continue next year, if you can help or connect us, please contact myself or Peter, who is cc’d on this email. 
> 
> Many thanks,
> 
> Jacob Beaton
> Tea Creek
> Toll Free: 1-833-784-3737
> Cell: 1-778-871-2044
> Web: www.teacreek.ca <http://www.teacreek.ca/>
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