Opening soon! That’s what most fruit farmers were saying early last week when I checked the Prairie Fruit Growers Association website. By now, many will be open — unless we’ve had an unexpected turn of weather recently. This year you may spot on pails, aprons or baskets a bright reminder of why you eagerly anticipate
Recipe Swap, July 5: It’s the taste!
Ombudsman reports 29 complaints against municipalities in 2011
The Manitoba Ombudsman office investigated 29 complaints from the public about actions and decisions of municipal politicians last year, according to its newly released 2011 report. Common themes in the complaints relate to perceived conflicts of interest, councils making decisions “in camera” (behind closed doors), and not giving reasons for decisions, the report said. Councils
Legal protection for municipal leaders revisited
Councillors want same legal protections as MPs and MLAs Municipal politicians are welcoming a move that could result in them being given a form of parliamentary privilege. After a series of lawsuits against councils, the Association of Manitoba Municipalities recommended in 2009 that mayors, reeves and councillors be protected from being sued from comments they
Recipe Swap: Sweet treats for the start of summer
Sweet treats for the start of summer With school now out, these are those first magical days of summer, with so much time and fun stuff ahead — family trips, camping and swimming lessons, maybe going to a wedding. I hope your children enjoy lots of “downtime” during summer holidays. I recall a farm mom
Recipe Swap, June 14, 2012
Raisin kids Send cookies to camp — but none with raisins, please! That’s a recent plea to those baking for the soon-to-arrive young campers at Rock Lake United Church Camp near Crystal City this summer. All cookies disappear in an instant out there, but apparently not the ones with raisins. What is it with kids
Spurge-eating beetles may turn the tide in war on invasive weed
They’re slow workers, but spurge-eating beetles can have a big impact on infested pastures and hay land
Having found a beetle with a taste for leafy spurge, researchers are now trying to figure out how to get the insects to gobble up more of the noxious, invasive weed. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada researchers from Brandon Research Centre are in the final year of a three-year study of beetles chowing down on leafy4-H rolls out new three-day Fun Fest event this summer
How to grow giant pumpkins, take better photos and go geocaching, plus meeting the RCMP K-9 Unit are attractions organizers hope draw a 4-H crowd to the Carman Country Fair this summer. The events are part of Fun Fest, a new 4-H show being launched this summer in conjunction with the Dufferin Agricultural Society in
Recipe Swap, June 7, 2012
When the warm weather hits, I start counting the eggs in the fridge for all the ways to put together a light meal without too much effort. Nothing is easier than boiling a couple, of course, but there’s loads of ways to get creative with eggs and still not spend more than a few minutes
FDC now has 18,000 more feet to offer specialized services for food product development
When Alphonsus Utioh decided to come to Manitoba and work at the Food Development Centre 20 years ago, the young chemical engineer was attracted by a chance to do research that would result in more than published papers. “I saw this as more practical. You could actually see what you do and work with people,
Recipe Swap: Digging into homegrown or local food
“What a lot of work!” a neighbour exclaimed the other day, peering over my fence. She was looking dubiously at my little garden. “Not work. It’s fun,” I replied cheerfully and I meant it. What my neighbour could see was just a lot of digging, lifting, pulling, hoeing, bending. Possibly, she may have also been
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