Our food system today is up against many increasing challenges such as water scarcity, soil degradation, and a growing inability to properly distribute food to everyone. And while this is incredibly important to talk about and address, the stories…
Last Friday, September 27th the world witnessed the largest climate protest and one of the biggest global protests in history (1). Almost every country around the world witnessed students skip school, businesses close their doors, and employees walk out…
Who is Greta? Greta Thunberg is a sixteen year old from Sweden who has skipped school to sit in front of the Swedish parliament every Friday for roughly one year to demand her government take greater action against…
Dear SPUD Customers, Four trillion plastic bottles have been used in the past ten years worldwide, and we can only imagine what this will mean for our children over the next ten years if we do not change.…
At the end of August this year, members of the Business Roundtable, a group made up of the United States’ leading CEOs, announced that they “share a fundamental commitment to all of [their] stakeholders”, not just their shareholders, and…
At SPUD, we talk a lot about how much we love organic food and it appears that Canadians are starting to also love it more and more every year. According to recent research, "the organic market has increased more…
The international community was rocked last week as news spread that the Amazon rainforest has been burning for weeks. Although the destruction of the Amazon is worthy of global uproar, it needs to be made clear that there is…
When it comes to food, the term “local” often has a positive connotation. but do we really know why that is? If we were asked to explain why local food is superior, would we be confident that our feelings were…
Did you know that recycling contamination costs Canada millions of dollars each year? Contamination is the term for non-recyclable material that ends up in the recycling system, from leftover food in containers to non-recyclable plastic packaging to more obvious garbage…
At SPUD, we have always made a conscious effort to evaluate the sustainability of our food system beyond just looking at how our food is grown. We consider everything from packaging and fair trade, to transportation when we are…
