EVERY BITE AFFECTS THE WORLD AWARDS
(2022-2026)
In 2022 the Every Bite Project partnered with Nature Regina to offer the Every Bite Affects the World Local Action Awards. These one-time awards recognized the work of local organizations to increase people's understanding and skills around food sovereignty, helping people discover the connections between the food we eat, our own health, and the health of other living beings and the environment. In total elven awards were given out between 2022 and 2026. The final award was announced in May 2026.
Since 2022 the following award recipients were recognized:
• North Central Community Association -Community Gardens
• Heritage Community Association -11th Avenue Art Park
• Prairie Sky School -Food Forest and Mural
• Buffalo People Arts Institute
• City Street Farms
• Nature Regina - Get Outside! Programs
• miskâsowin askîhk Program (finding oneself on the land) Campus Regina Public
• kiskinwahamatowin – Learning Together Thomson Community School (land based education)
• Indigenous Christian Fellowship – Ceremonial Garden
• Heritage Community Association - Community Kitchen
• One School One Farm Shelterbelt Project
The award included a cash donation of $800 to each recipient. The award aimed to highlight great examples of local community actions and inspire others to action.
Prairie Sky School Food Forest Mural
As the final recipient Elizabeth Bekolay of One School One Farm summed it up, “I am thankful for the award for a number of reasons, the first one being an introduction to Catherine Verrall's book, and how it has inspired continued advocacy for a full systems view of how we grow and access food. We have a great responsibility to the world, living in one of the most endangered ecosystems on the planet, while trying to feed so many people. Protecting existing native habitat is the minimum requirement for avoiding system collapse. Increasing biodiversity is the next step. Showing the youth that we adults are trying to work together on this will help guide them in lessons and skills that will bring about prosperous future that IS possible.”
The Every Bite Project was inspired by the book Every Bite Affects the World: an earth care cookbook for joyful, mindful eating, by Catherine Verrall and friends, Friesen Press, 2014.
The Every Bite Local Action Awards were funded through the proceeds of book sales and legacy donations made to the Every Bite Project in memory of Catherine Verrall. The book can be purchased online from Friesen Press.
Catherine Verrall (1929 – 2021) was well known in Regina's environmental activist community. The Local Actions Awards honour her life-long commitment to environmental and social justice and education and continue the journey of growing awareness and action.
For more information on the Every Bite Pro
ject see https://www.facebook.com/EveryBiteProject
One School One Farm Shelterbelt Project