Canadian Foodgrains Bank staff often refer to growing project acres planted across the country as “the farm,” and last year it covered 16,640 acres. Projects from P.E.I. to Alberta involving what also adds up to thousands of supporters sowed them to wheat, barley, corn, pulses, soybeans, canola and other grains. Roughly 5,000 of the Canadian
Growing projects celebrate a successful 2017
Canadian Foodgrains Bank ‘farm’ last year covered 16,640 acres and stretched from the Maritimes to Alberta
Manitoba Hydro hikes worry RMs
Municipal leaders say proposed 7.9 per cent rate hikes will put a serious crimp in operating budgets
Manitobans can expect fewer services and paying higher user fees for recreational facilities if electricity rates rise. That’s the message Association of Manitoba Municipalities president Chris Goertzen had for the Public Utilities Board earlier this month. Read more: Carbon tax revenue use options pitched at AMM The rate hikes being proposed will make it difficult for
Good water management, like good fences, makes good neighbours
ARBI was formed in 2014 to bring diverse stakeholders together for better watershed management planning across the Assiniboine Basin
Water is a critical resource, yet all too often viewed as a nuisance or an impediment to production — and a problem to pass off to the neighbours. “There can be lots of fights about water,” said Ag Days speaker Allan Preston, chair of the Assiniboine River Basin Initiative (ARBI) who began his Jan. 17
Recreational fishery at Roblin luring visitors year round
Tourism doesn’t stop in the Parklands when the temperature drops, and now aeration upgrades to a series of local lakes will enhance fishing in all seasons
It’s not just the wind biting in this wintry corner of the Parklands these days. So are the fish. Fly-fishers across Canada and the U.S. have long known some of the best fly-fishing is to be found here. The town is designated “Fly Fishing Capital of Manitoba” and has regularly hosted national championships since 2003.
Monastery passes on cheese-making method
A Winnipeg couple has been entrusted with a rare Trappist cheese recipe set for extinction
Dustin Peltier and Rachel Isaak had no idea they’d one day carry on a centuries-old cheese-making method when they paid their first visit to the Trappist Monastery at Holland. That was two years ago, when the Winnipeg chefs and life partners went out to meet the monk there making a delicious cheese they’d served to
Mentorship program sought: DFM
Direct Farm Manitoba will explore developing a program to transfer knowledge in 2018
Direct Farm Manitoba will look at developing a mentoring program for its membership this year. The need for a formal program that links new and existing farmers was raised when members met before Christmas to discuss priorities needs and direction for the organization in 2018. They’ve asked the DFM board to place organizing a formal
Heritage Trust program rolled out to support small-town museums
The new program will provide $5 million over three years to create endowment funds within local community foundations for museums and archives across Manitoba
Small museums and archive sites across Manitoba begin a new year on a high note with the creation of a new endowment fund to help them along financially. Last month the provincial government rolled out its new Heritage Trust program which will provide $5 million over three years to create endowment funds within local community
Neepawa couple committed to prairie rehabilitation
Paul and Larissa Koshel are the Whitemud Watershed Conservation District’s 2017 Conservation Award winners for their work restoring a small plot of native prairie plus a three-acre wetland
When a small farm came up for sale east of town in 2012 Paul and Larissa Koshel jumped at the chance to buy it. The couple was living in the town of Neepawa at the time, having moved down from The Pas in 2006 for Paul’s job as a school teacher at Gladstone and Larrisa’s
CDs cite need for multi-benefit water control projects
Flood preparations alone won’t buy a litre of drought protection, say MCDA speakers
Will there be flooding? Will there be drought? Planning for both is essential to help ward off the financial hits these weather extremes bring, speakers at last month’s Manitoba Conservation Districts Association convention said. In the Seine-Rat River Conservation District (SRRCD) they’re looking at ways to be ready for whatever climate change brings, and to
Less water needed to produce beef today
A new study adds to a growing body of evidence that beef’s environmental footprint is lessening as time passes. Results released Dec. 14 by researchers at University of Manitoba and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) show it now takes less water to raise a kilogram of beef. The study is part of a larger project
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