RECIPE SWAP One of the best things about community cookbooks is all the names they contain. It’s one of the things Yvonne Jansen cherishes most about the cookbook she and three other local women created in Cypress River in 1995. “You know the people in it,” she says. “It makes you think of home.” 1995
Recipe Swap – for Jan. 14, 2010
New Land Use Policies Expected By Spring
“The complexity also relates to the fact that we have one set of PLUPs but we have a province where one size won’t fit all.” – BOB GRODZIK, SENIOR POLICY ANALYST INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS Revising Manitoba’s land use policies (PLUPs) proved to be a bigger job than anticipated, pushing back what was expected to be a
How To Cook, Live, Eat And Build Strong Communities
Recipes and stories of community-based cookbooks from around rural Manitoba If you possess a community cookbook, you have treasure on your hands. These are books that help you create practical and nutritious meals, but they are much more than that. Read them carefully. Community cookbooks contain all sorts of culinary secrets among generations of home-based
Fish Farm In Early Construction Stages
“The cornerstone of this program is research, to measure inputs and outputs.” – GRANT VANDENBERG, PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR SUSTAINABLE FRESHWATER AQUACULTURE DEVELOPMENT (IPSFAD) AWarren farm couple is excited about operating a new model fish farm on their property, despite delays that have set the federal and provincially funded project back months. “It’s
GHG Emissions Reduction Needs Local Government Action
“If we can prove this works in fact rather than theory, it will benefit all municipalities.” – TOWN OF VIRDEN MAYOR BRUCE DUNNING World leaders returning from Copenhagen last month will submit plans by January’s end on how their countries will commit to lowering greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. But national and provincial governments won’t
Silent Nights, Starry Nights Uniquely Rural
“Kids from rural areas will more likely know the skies.” – JaCQUes boUrGeois or centuries, songs, prayers and incantations surrounding the main Christian holiday have mentioned a star. What exactly was this Star of Wonder spoken of in just a few, fragmentary lines of scripture, and for which early astronomers left no record? The question
Grant Welcomed But Core Funding Needed
“We need an operating budget. We have a small one.” – DAVE KOSLOWSKY, KILLARNEY FARMER AND FMAM SPOKESPERSON The province is kicking in $45,000 to help upgrade farmers’ markets and make sites more enticing places to visit. The funding follows the announcement of a fed-e ral initiative grant in November of $450,000 for the Farmers’
Biggest Rural Citizenship Ceremony Another Milestone For Growing Southern Manitoba
Laurie Sawatzky can remember when local grocery stores were stocked with the kinds of foods eaten by folks of Mennonite background. The execut ive di rector of Winkler-based Regional Connections, a settlement agency serving the large number of immigrants pouring into southern Manitoba, says seeing food ingredients from all parts of the world is just
Food Policy Council Proposed For Winnipeg
“It can be kind of a lens on food policy issues for the city. And it’s also a venue for community ideas and initiatives.” – PAUL CHORNEY, MEMBER OF THE CITIZEN WORKING GROUP PROPOSING THEIDEA The City of Winnipeg is being urged to establish its own food policy council, similar to those now found in
Food Processors Anxious To See Buy Local Program Roll Out
The Manitoba Food Processors Association is welcoming a provincial commitment in last week’s throne speech to launch a “buy local” program. “We’ve been pushing for this for literally eight to 10 years,” said Dave Shambrock, MFPA’s executive director. He also heads up an ad hoc committee that began meeting nearly two years ago to plan
Cyber-Savvy Farmer
