Last spring, we we ran a series of stories and recipes from rural communities’ cookbooks that have raised tens of thousands of dollars over the years for important community programs and infrastructure. Community-compiled cookbooks are still rolling off the presses. Here’s a sampling of recipes found in new Carman Palliative Care Cookbook, published just last
Community Cookbooks That Care
“Naked oats” arrive in Campbell’s meal-in-a-can program
Campbell’s Canada’s launch of a new canned meal product containing naked oats is pure vindication for farmer from Manitoba’s Interlake who invested years promoting the variety as an important new crop. The Canadian food company on Feb. 28 announced the launch of Nourish, a 425-gram meal-in-a-can product which, in addition to two servings of vegetables
Tell Your Product’s Story, Retail Guru Urges DFCM
Consumers are spending their money on “value’” and that has far less to do with the price tag than you might think. That was the message delivered to the Direct Farm Marketing Conference in Portage la Prairie earlier this month by international retail guru John Stanley, an Australian specialist in the marketing of perishable goods
Manitobans Urged To Buckle Up
RCMP surveys of seatbelt use in rural Manitoba show a percentage aren’t bothering to buckle up. Visual surveys done by police officers in unmarked cars find as many as one in three rural residents in some locations fail to fasten their seatbelts. Survey numbers show where 92 per cent of motor vehicle occupants were wearing
Canada FarmSafe Plan: A New Tool For Creating Safer Farms
Anew resource becomes available to Canadian farmers later this month to help develop agricultural health and safety plans custom fit for their own farm operations. The new Sécur i Fe rme Canada FarmSafe Plan is a business risk management tool for voluntary adoption by farmer-owners of all types and sizes of farms, say Canadian Agricultural
Scholarship Named For Generous Farmer
Students at Roseau Valley School at Dominion City have an extra reason to buckle down and get high marks – students here will now have first dibs at a substantial scholarship created by a local farmer. Last week the University of Winnipeg announced the creation of the Garnet Kyle Scholarship from a substantial donation of
The Difference One Ingredient Makes
One bite of these delicious muffins and I had to know what the baker’s secret was. It was the use of pure vanilla extract, explained Maureen Penner of Carman, who’d made them. She’s used it ever since friends brought her some from California a few years ago. This piqued my interest because we’d just been
Meal In A Can Contains Hulless Oats
Campbell’s Canada’s launch of a new canned meal product containing naked oats is pure vindication for the Interlake farmer who has invested years in promoting the variety as an important new crop. The Canadian food product company recently announced the launch of Nourish, a 425-g completely meal-in-a-can product which, in addition to two servings of
$7.74 Million Expansion At FDC Underway
The Food Development Centre at Portage la Prairie is undergoing a major renovation this winter that will expand its processing and warehouse capacity plus add space for additional staff. Included in the $7.74-million expansion is a 6,000-sq.-ft. addition to the west side of the building to house more staff plus a full-service training centre. Some
Rebate Proposal Backed By Organic Growers
The Manitoba Organic Alliance will meet with Agriculture Minister Stan Struthers this week to ask the province to subsidize the cost of organic certification for growers who only sell locally. The rebate proposal emerged from a discussion among growers at last week’s Growing Local Conference over how to assist smaller producers who can’t afford the
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