“We’ve had nine new markets join us in the last year. It’s exciting that people want to join us and keep this movement growing.” – FMAM BOARD MEMBER DAVE KOSLOWSKY Farmers’ market vendors and co-ordinators in Manitoba want their provincial association to keep pursuing a coupon project to make farmers’ markets more accessible to Manitobans
FMAM Makes Plans For New Year
Manitoba Farm Couple Top Farmers In Canada
AManitoba farm couple has earned the national title of Canadian Outstanding Young Farmer (OYF) for 2009. Colleen and Grant Dyck were announced the national winners during the OYF’s 29th national awards ceremony held in Ottawa over the weekend. The Dycks, who have three children, operate Artel Farms, a 13,000-acre farm at Niverville where they produce
Local Literary “Snacks” Make Fine Gifts
~ ENRIQUE JARDIEL PONCELA When something can be read without effort, great effort has gone into its writing. Gifts of books are always well received by family and friends at Christmas. Here is a sampling of recently published rural Manitoba writers whose books you might want on your gift list. Many of these authors are
Manitoba Markets Get Government Boost
The Farmers Market Association of Manitoba Co-op Inc. (FMAM) received an early Christmas present last week – a $450,000 federal grant for market site improvements. The funding for upgrades such as canopies and walkways, signage, shelter belts and other fixtures, comes through the federal Community Adjustment Fund (CAF) and is part of the Conservative government’s
18 Per Cent Jump In Use Of Food Banks In 2009
Highlights of HungerCount for Manitoba 47,925 individuals were assisted by a food bank in March 2009 +18 per cent change since March 2008 49 per cent are children 15.5 per cent report employment income 3 per cent receive Employment Insurance 54.5 per cent receive social assistance 10 per cent receive disability-related income supports 66 per
Burning Permits Needed Into December
Farmers must continue securing permits before burning stubble following the province’s decision last week to extend the requirement to Dec. 4. The province announced the measure last Thursday after receiving complaints from the public about smoke billowing across parts of southern Manitoba and into Winnipeg from fires lit after Nov. 15. That was the last
Protect Against Zoonotic Diseases
The key to cutting down the spread of any type of zoonotic diseases is first recognizing there is a risk of exposure. That means workers, for instance, should stay out of the barn if they’re sick, said provincial farm safety coordinator Glen Blahey during a farm safety seminar here hosted jointly by KAP and MAFRI
Need For Critical Infrastructure Much On Leaders’ Minds
“It’s vital to their very existence.” – R. M. OF TACHE REEVE WILLIAM DANYLCHUK ON THE NEED FOR WATER INFRASTRUCTURE IN RURAL COMMUNI TI ES Leaders of Manitoba municipalities are gathered at their annual convention this week in Brandon to debate a host of issues, from health care to economic development – plus how to
R. M.’S Backyard Poultry Bylaw Challenged
“I think each municipality is going to face this over the next few years.” – TOM CARTER, RESEARCH CHAIR IN URBAN CHANGE AND ADAPTATION, UNIVERSITY OF Winnipeg ALac du Bonnet-area family whose municipality is letting them keep a small backyard poultry flock in contravention of local bylaws say their council should change the rules so
Pulse Paper Proposes Diet For A Healthier Planet
Give Peas a Chance The case for more pulses in the field and on the plate Obesity afflicts the poor. Greenhouse gases are rising in the atmosphere. The hungry of the world need more food, while the overfed need cures from diet-related diseases. The pulse industry has proposed a solution – Give Peas a Chance.
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