Can homemade salsa be sold at a farmers’ market? What is a ‘potentially hazardous food?’ Which farmers’ markets need handwashing facilities? Public health inspectors fielded those questions and more at a recent workshop here for local food vendors. Several participants said they haven’t known where to go for answers until now. “There’s a lot of
Local food workshop fields anxious questions
Workshops hosted by MAFRD fields questions on regulation by those selling at farmers’ markets and farm gate
Lamb isn’t just for Easter
Recipe Swap
I never ate lamb until I was in my early 20s and started trying new foods with new friends from around the world. That first bite was memorable — in a curry with plenty of red hot chilies! Since that first eye-popping meal, I’ve learned to love the subtle taste of lamb in stews and
Keys to the hall hold secret to vibrant community
Serving on the hall board has become a family tradition in these parts
It’s where newlyweds dance, long-marrieds celebrate anniversaries, and countless gifts have been opened at bridal and baby showers. It’s where families have reunited and mourners have paid their final respects. Don’t even try to figure out how much beer has been served at all the socials. Now, on the eve of reaching a milestone of
Funding shortfalls threaten popular Parkland business
Residential and day programs for vulnerable adults are facing shortfalls that make their futures uncertain, say executive directors
A popular bakery and restaurant on Grandview’s Main Street is quietly going broke and it’s not because no one is buying buns or stopping by for lunch. The bustle inside The Friendly Corner Bake Shop’s belies the predicament facing the agency that has operated it since 1993 — an accumulating deficit that threatens to shut
Direct-farm-marketing initiative suffers growing pains
Pooling deliveries of ungraded eggs and uninspected chicken won’t be allowed
Thirteen southwestern Manitoba families who banded together to deliver their farm produce to Winnipeg customers have found themselves on the wrong side of provincial food safety regulations. The Harvest Moon Local Food Initiative, which has seen its direct-to-customer sales grow to about $120,000 annually since 2008, has been told to stop delivering ungraded eggs or
Six meals by 16 years
Do your kids know the basics?
Spring can’t come soon enough this year, and neither can spring break. It’s a great time for families to take a short vacation, or spend some downtime together at home. Will you cook or bake with your kids this week, or let the older ones make a few meals? Many wouldn’t dream of letting the
Farmers’ market opens early in downtown Winnipeg
Downtown Winnipeg BIZ starts whetting appetites for the 2014 farmers' market season
Winnipeggers who love visiting farmers’ markets can start shopping early. The Downtown Winnipeg BIZ’s popular indoor farmers’ market at the Manitoba Hydro Place Gallery opened up for a one-day market on March 27, bringing together about 30 vendors to sell baked goods, perogies, vinegars, jams and preserves, potatoes as well as a variety of meats
Virden meeting draws ideas together for improved water management in Assiniboine River Basin
The Prairie Improvement Network (PIN) hosted a grassroots workshop on March 26 to explore development of a sustainable management structure for Assiniboine River Basin
Work began this week on a comprehensive plan for managing water in the Assiniboine River Basin. About 140 representatives of municipalities and counties plus water-governing organizations and associations from Manitoba, North Dakota and Saskatchewan gathered in Virden March 26 for a workshop to define water management issues and needs of the Assiniboine River Basin. Organizers
School snack program a positive energy source for students
More than 180 schools across Manitoba now serve a healthy snack, breakfast or light meals with funding support from the Child Nutrition Council of Manitoba
Erin Harris sees what a difference a few carrot sticks, cheese and crackers, or a hot breakfast served at school makes in the day of a student — every single day. She’s a teacher at Salisbury Morse Place School in River East School Division where healthy snacks are available to all students from kindergarten to
New eating plan is a Mediterranean Diet for the Prairies, say developers
The Pure Prairie Eating Plan, developed at the University of Alberta is built around the traditions, foods and geographies of the Prairies
Researchers Initially, it was named ‘the Alberta Diet,’ and focused on those with Type 2 diabetes, says co-creator Catherine Chan, a professor of human nutrition at the University of Alberta. But as she and colleague Rhonda Bell worked on it, the vision became bigger, she says. A colleague suggested they call it the Mediterranean Diet
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