Marion Fulton was passionate about the Manitoba Women’s Institute and its work on behalf of rural Manitobans
She was determined to improve the lives of rural women and their families, and she focused her entire life volunteering with an organization she believed could do that. Marion Fulton of Birtle was a longtime member of the Manitoba Women’s Institute. Her passing, at the age of 92 on Nov. 4, is being mourned byMWI mourn passing of lifelong member Marion Fulton
Beer drink of choice among Canadians
If you’re an average beer drinker in Manitoba, a new report pegs your consumption at about 240 bottles a year. That’s the fifth-highest per capita consumption of beer in Canada and slightly higher than the national average 235 bottles, according to a new report from the Conference Board of Canada. From Farm to Glass: The
Winter market in downtown Winnipeg a test run for more?
Amid-November farmers’ market coming to the Manitoba Hydro Place Gallery in downtown Winnipeg is a one-day-only event, but it could be the start of things to come, say its hosts. On Nov. 14, the Downtown BIZ’s farmers’ market will offer an indoor location enabling Winnipeggers to stroll the vendors’ booths and shop for the fresh
Farm stress line offers online counselling
Farmers and others living in rural or northern communities who need to talk to someone can now reach out through a new confidential online counselling service offered by Manitoba Farm and Rural Support Services. In addition to their telephone lines, they are now offering an online Chat Support Line to anyone who may prefer this
Winter is coming, and yes, we need to talk about it
Falling temperatures and shorter days mean winter is on the doorstep and wants to come in. Some welcome it. Others want it to go away already. There’s a whole range of ways we experience winter, from loving all the sports and festivities that go with it, to dreading its arrival, say mental health workers in
Home economists fear demise of university program
At a time when nutrition and consumer literacy are growing concerns, the home economics department is losing its identity
The Manitoba Association of Home Economists wants equal consideration given to human ecology in academic restructuring process
Gordon Bell High School has hundreds of single-parent students, kids from low-income households, Aboriginal youth and kids from immigrant families unfamiliar with the foods, kitchens and grocery stores of their new country. And they keep three full-time home economics teachers very busy teaching courses in foods and nutrition, parenting, and consumer literacy, says the downtown
Cigi hoping new program to train North African millers will boost grain and pulse exports
Cigi CEO says project will allow organization to help develop new markets for Canadian durum wheat and pulses in North African countries
The Canadian International Grains Institute (Cigi) is taking its durum technical training program to North Africa thanks to $6.4 million in federal funding. The funding will be used to deliver training — historically offered at its downtown Winnipeg building — at L’Institut de Formation de l’industrie Meunière, a training site in Casablanca owned by the
Canadian cheese earns top prize in global competition
Lancaster, Ontario’s Glengarry Fine Cheese has been in the cheese-making business since the 1990s
Newly crowned the winner in a global cheese competition, a small Canadian company is proving it doesn’t take centuries to perfect a fine cheese. Lancaster, Ontario company Glengarry Fine Cheese walked away with the top prize in the prestigious Global Cheese Awards held this fall in Somerset, England, the birthplace of cheddar. Glengarry’s Lankaaster agedProject to help local farmers and processors sell to institutional food buyers
The Local Sustainable Food Procurement Pilot Program aims to help hospitals, schools and other institutions find ways to buy more local food
Apilot project to get hospitals, schools and other institutions to buy food from Manitoba farmers was launched last week with the province kicking in an $81,000 investment. His department will work with Food Matters Manitoba to encourage institutions to buy more locally grown food, said Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives Minister Ron Kostyshyn. “We want
Golden Carrots the ‘Oscars’ for Manitoba food security projects
Food Matters Manitoba recognizes 30 community projects and individuals’ efforts to bolster local food security
Some had never seen a live chicken when 75 meat chickens and layer hens arrived in their northern Manitoba town last spring. But by late summer, townsfolk were eating chicken and eggs they’d raised themselves and swapping tips on how to feed and care for the small flocks. The Cross Lake Chicken Club (a project amongCyber-Savvy Farmer
