Giant Canada geese are seemingly everywhere and can be fine table fare for local hunters, but 70 years ago, they were borderline extinct.
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Women in agriculture say barriers to equality persist
Women farmers worldwide say they’re making progress when it comes to achieving gender equality, but they also don’t expect full equality to come any time soon. In fact, it could be decades away, with widespread gender discrimination persisting that also poses obstacles to their ability to help feed the world, respondents told the Global Women[...]
Newborn babies’ first gut bacteria may have effect on ability to fight disease
New research showing that the first bacteria introduced into the gut have a lasting impact may one day allow science to adjust microbiomes — the one-of-a-kind microbial communities that live in our gastrointestinal tracts — to help ward off serious chronic diseases. Findings by U of A microbial ecologist Jens Walter and his colleagues suggest[...]
Healthy heat
Heard the one about the farmer who wouldn’t drink while he drove the combine? He refused water, or any other liquid, while trying to get the harvest done, figuring it would mean fewer stops to answer the call of nature. But it didn’t end well. He landed in hospital with dehydration complicating other pre-existing health[...]
From farm gate to China’s plates
This summer I decided to work full time on the family grain farm. But my summer plans took a turn when I applied for, and was selected to be a member of Junior Team Canada (JTC) trade mission to China. From July 26 to August 13 I joined 30 young Canadians, representing various industries, on[...]
Gray jay nominated as Canada’s national bird
Move over, snowy owl and Canada goose. A new rival is about to knock you off your national perch. A two-year search by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society has nominated the gray jay as Canada’s national bird. The choice has raised eyebrows in some quarters because the gray jay isn’t exactly a household name compared[...]
Pump your septic tank before winter
If a few years have passed since your septic tank was pumped, now would be a good time to contact a licensed pumper and have it emptied, according to a North Dakota State University Extension Service agricultural engineer. “Cleaning the accumulated solids — sludge — from the septic tank is the most common, routine maintenance[...]
Merger saved money, sped up decision-making, says mayor
The voluntary merger that created the Municipality of Shoal Lake saves taxpayers $60,000 annually and improved local government efficiency
Don Yanick is getting a lot of calls from municipal officials across the province these days about the hot-button issue of amalgamation. And when asked if it was worth it, the mayor of the Municipality of Shoal Lake points to $60,000 in annual savings and a much more efficient local government. “Right off the top,[...]CSA pioneers say market gardening works for them
Most of the local food grown by Theresa and Geoff Dyck is consumed in Winnipeg but they would love to sell to the cottage crowd
Geoff and Theresa Dyck drop tiny pepper plants into pressed earth squares with the ease of people who have done it before — many, many times before. “We always remind ourselves when we are tired or cranky and there are mosquitos... that we are not punching a clock,” says Theresa. “We are making our own choices[...]UN envoy says Canada needs a "right to food strategy"
The special rapporteur on the right to food's visit marks the first time the UN has dispatched an official to investigate food insecurity in a developed country
If everyone using a food bank in Manitoba lived in one place, it would be the province’s second-largest city. There are approximately 56,000 Manitobans who lack access to food because they either can’t afford it, or have nowhere to produce any themselves — or both. They are the Manitobans that Winnipeg Harvest has been trying to[...]Cyber-Savvy Farmer
