As a follow up to my recent Overwaite Plant tour, last weekend I had the immense pleasure of spending an hour picking the brain of one of BC's finest ranching families at my local Save-On-Foods.BC Cattlemen's Association, in conjunction with the Overwaitea Food Group hosted a weekend of "Meet a Rancher" events across the lower mainland and Kelowna as part of their Beef … [Read more...]
A vegetarian walks into a meat processing plant…
I know... Sounds like the start of a really bad joke.But no... This really happened. I recently had the amazing, once in a lifetime opportunity to "meet the meat" through a private tour of the Overwaite meat processing plant out in Chilliwack, BC. And yes... I rocked my #LoveCDNBeef T-shirt too! Now, I saw many upturned noses upon mention of what I was up to, … [Read more...]
$5 for $10 at Starbucks!
There are few things in this world that can make me happier than my morning coffee from Starbucks (this may be a slight exaggeration). If there was an award for customer of the week/month/year, I'm fairly certain I'd be in contention on a regular basis.I became a gold member faster than I care to admit, and the baristas not only know me by name, but have my slightly high … [Read more...]
Come out and meet your local BC ranchers!
Ever wonder how the meat you purchase at the grocery store gets to the store? And I don't mean by train, plane, or automobile, I mean like really get there. Where did the cow come from, who raised it and where? Did it have a name?If you're anything like me, you're curious about these things, and this weekend you've got an amazing chance to not only find out where ole Betsy was … [Read more...]
Losing my blog conference virginity
Last month I had the absolute pleasure of going to my first ever blogging conference Connecting Bloggers & Brands, not only as a blogger, but as a conference ambassador. Many months ago, I was approached by Kerry of Crunchy Carpets to see if I was interested in helping promote and spread the love for this 1st annual blogging conference. Being relatively new to the blogging … [Read more...]