Sleep specialist says there are diagnostic methods and treatments for those with sleep disorders, and simple lifestyle changes that can help the rest of us
This was a speech that put no one to sleep. But with any luck, it will later. “Sleepless in Manitoba — staying awake on the job” was the title of a presentation given by Dr. Carlyle Smith, a psychology professor and director of Trent University’s sleep research laboratories at last week’s Ag Days. A restlessSleepless in Manitoba? Expert offers tips for spending quality time in slumberland
Weeding out resistant weeds the old-fashioned way
If hand roguing a commercial farm field in Manitoba seems like an outlandish investment of your time, you might reconsider after seeing Ingrid Kristjanson’s photos from North Dakota. Judging from the astonished whistles by some in the St. Jean Farm Days audience earlier this month, the farmers in attendance were inspired, to say the least,
Tight supplies and growing organic demand signals brighter days
Tight supplies and growing demand mean organic farmers can anticipate decent prices for 2013. “It’s definitely a good time to be in organics,” Leslie Johnson, marketing manager of Growers International Organic Sales (GIOSI) told a small gathering of organic farmers at Ag Days last week. “Prices are on the rebound with interest in
Financial guru says happiness doesn’t come from a credit card
David Chilton says too many Canadians have “lost their minds” and are piling on debt in a never-ending shopping spree that will end in tears
It may have been the best-attended scolding in Brandon’s history. And the standing-room-only audience at the Keystone Centre appeared to love every minute of financial guru David Chilton’s impassioned call for a return of everyday financial sanity. “We have way too many people, beyond any common-sense measure, who have way too much debt,” said theRecipe Swap: Molasses for a slow day in January
We have so many sayings about cooking and eating. We butter someone up. Something sells like hotcakes. Or it is slow as molasses in January. That one dates from the days when we took jugs to the general store to refill with molasses. You waited and waited… and waited for it to dribble out in
Recipe Swap: A new food for a new year
RecipeSwap A new food for a new year If you haven’t heard of quinoa (pronounced KEEN-wa) you’ll definitely hear more about it this year. 2013 is a new beginning for this very old, gluten-free ancient grain, which actually isn’t even a grain. It’s a seed, grown, harvested and eaten for centuries in an Andean-origin diet.
UN declared 2013 International Year of the Quinoa
It’s a highly nutritious grain and a cool-climate crop that could have played a more important role feeding a hungry world, had rice, wheat and corn not predominated. But in 2013 quinoa, (pronounced KEEN-wah), dubbed one of the “lost crops of the Incas,” or “poor man’s crop” could begin a comeback after centuries of relative
Sleepless in Manitoba? Winter workshops can help
Humans aren’t like a bear who simply sleeps through the darkest hours of winter. But chronic lack of sleep can make us as irritable as one. Statistics Canada says about 3.3 million Canadians over age 15 have some sort of sleep disorder that is affecting our physical or mental health. Stress can ruin sleep. And
Recipe Swap, Nov. 29, 2012
Soybeans have become a success story for agriculture in Manitoba. That sea of soy this past summer was a record-breaking 857,000 acres. Yet familiar as we’ve become with growing it, it’s a relative rarity in our diet. We may drink soy beverages more often, or sprinkle a little soy sauce on our stir-fries, or consume
New Prairie Improvement Network launches this week
The Prairie Improvement Network (PIN) is the new name for what will now be the former Manitoba Rural Adaptation Council (MRAC) as its advocacy role for rural development expands in a post-federal funding era. Since its formation in 1996, MRAC has administered Manitoba’s share of federal Canadian Agricultural Adaptation Program (CAAP) funding to jump start
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