Most Manitobans start their day with a morning meal, and most favour schools offering students the same option. Those observations come from the latest summary reports released this month by the Manitoba Consumer Monitor Food Panel (MCMFP), an ongoing study of consumer opinion and behaviour in Manitoba. The MCMFP began in February 2011, posing questions
Breakfast an important meal: survey
Many favour offering school breakfast programs funded by parents
Food product developers search for inspected, equipped kitchens
Churches, halls, Legions can rent space for food product developers
Temi Akindipe has lived in Canada a long time, but never stopped missing the taste of a sweet, dense pan bread popular back home. She knew fellow West Africans living in Manitoba missed it too. That’s why this nurse by profession decided to become baker and sell the Lagos Loaf. She now turns out hundreds
‘Be the Difference’ is 2015 Ag Safety Week theme
Farm safety champion testimonials aim to inspire peers to adopt a safer work culture on Canadian farms
Be a better role model and set a higher standard for safety on your farm. That’s the message of Canadian Agricultural Safety Week, which kicks off in Prince Edward Island next week, urging farmers and those who work with them to become safety champions. The education campaign, held each year on the third week of
Pilot program for recycling ag plastic kicks off this month
Farmers use more plastic than ever as a lower-cost method of storing grain and feed, but increased use means more plastic waste in the environment
Hay is wrapped in it. Grain is stored in it. Twine holds it together. Plastic saves farmers time and money by reducing their storage costs, but the increasing amount used raises the question — what to do with it after you’ve used it? Municipalities don’t want large volumes of discarded agricultural plastic taking up space
Local food demand increasing the value of direct marketing
The Direct Farm Marketing Conference marks its 20th anniversary at its meeting in Brandon
Forget the stereotype of the elderly farmer selling some garden surplus or a few jars of homemade pickles at the Saturday morning farmers’ market. Vendors selling homegrown vegetables, preserves and meat today are just as likely to be their energetic and technically savvy grandkids — or at least their age. Their small businesses aren’t just
Success with succulents
Our Farm Greenhouse nursery at Portage la Prairie specializes in succulents selling 500 different types of the drought-hardy plant retail and wholesale across Manitoba, Ontario and points west
Shea Doherty remembers the weird-looking plant his mom and dad ordered for their fledgling greenhouse business when he was a kid. It was a Mexican Hat-type of succulent with whorled, fleshy leaves. He and his siblings promptly dubbed it their ‘T. Rex’ plant — and were fascinated by it. What they didn’t know then was
Farm safety consultant says she wants to be kept busy
If you have an employee on your farm, you need to be ready for an inspection
A Workplace Safety and Health officer has arrived at your farm to do an inspection. Can you tell them to leave? Some farmers have tried, apparently using a few choice words. But the inspector will be back and telling them to leave only shows you don’t know the law, says Morag Marjerison, a new safety
Rare and ‘last copy’ history books donated to Legislative Library
The books are now a protected resource for those researching their family or community history
Those who may be researching their family’s roots or just love reading about rural Manitoba’s diverse and vibrant past now have a few more resources to guide their search at the Manitoba Legislative Library. Twenty-seven rare and last copy local history books from the Manitoba Historical Society (MHS) have been donated to the Manitoba Legislative
The meat of the matter in making sausage
Workshop at Food Development Centre helps both professionals and amateurs learn the craft of sausage making
Otto Von Bismarck famously once said, “Laws are like sausages; it is better not to see them being made.” But the Prussian statesman wasn’t in the sausage-making business. Those who are, or simply experimenting at home with new methods, ingredients or recipes, need to know — and seeing is believing. That’s what drew 15 participants
Changes to cost sharing could hit Manitoba hard
Federal government changes DFAA, increases amount provinces must pay to trigger for federal disaster relief payouts
Floods and other disasters are about to become even more expensive for Manitobans. That’s the inevitable outcome of a federal government change to how it contributes to disaster financial assistance, say provincial and municipal leaders. Canada’s Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Steven Blaney announced changes last month to federal Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements
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