Gilbert Plains-area farmer and mother of four Charlene Gulak now takes a seat around a council table of almost entirely new faces in the Rural Municipality of Gilbert Plains. The 37-year-old is among six of seven new councillors here, who, in their first bids for office, beat out incumbents or were acclaimed during municipal elections
There Are Some New Faces Around Council Tables After The 2010 Elections
Farmers With Disabilities Group Plans Safety Centre
The Manitoba Farmers with Disabilities organization now has a permanent home with an open invitation to all farm families and groups to visit – and often. The farmer-led safety organization plans to convert space in a large building it purchased this fall to become Manitoba’s first agricultural safety training centre. The Elm Creek location is
Communities Face Big Challenge Ahead To Reduce GHGs
Communities that know how heavy their carbon footprint is, now face the even more daunting job of figuring out how to reduce it. Eleven towns, plus the cities of Brandon, Thompson and Winkler, are the first municipalities to grapple with reducing greenhouse gas emissions. They were selected two years ago by the province to lead
Buy Manitoba Program Set To Launch In New Year
Acampaign promot ing Manitoba food is almost ready to launch – just as soon as organizers nail down a definition of local food. “Local means different things to different people,” said Dave Shambrock, executive director of the Manitoba Food Processors Association, who has overseen the stakeholder group designing the Buy Manitoba initiative “From the food
Growing Projects’ Harvests Now Complete For CFGB
All harvests for Growing Projects in support of the Canadian Foodgrains Bank are now in the bins, with the last of this year’s projects wrapping up Oct. 9 near Thornhill. This fall’s extended warm weather saw a flurry of activity earlier this month, with farmers finding time in the midst of their own harvests to
Women’s Involvement Declining
The suffrage movement is one of history’s finest examples of the kind of social change a united women’s voice can achieve. Yet women today seem mostly absorbed by their private lives, unable or uninterested in engaging in the social and political activism of a few decades ago. “We’ve not been as ardent as we need
“Very Interesting” Races In Oct. 27 Municipal Elections
Voters will decide next week who is best to serve them in local government for the next four years, but a new face of municipal government is already beginning to emerge. Thirty-three towns, villages and rural municipalities out of 197 have already returned their councils to office by acclamation, the same number without contests as
Golden Carrots Awarded To Manitobans
Agroup of dietitians who teamed up with farmers in south-central Manitoba this spring to serve a community supper have earned a “Golden Carrot” for their efforts. The South Central Manitoba Spring Supper Committee, which fed 250 a meal of Manitobagrown foods in Morden last March, were presented the award in the rural community food champion
Safety Training For Young Farm Workers Important
Safety officials are still trying to determine what went wrong on a Carberryarea potato farm where a young worker became entangled in a conveyor last month, but they say the incident underscores the need for ongoing safety training. Carberry RCMP reported Sept. 18 that they were cal led to a farm located west of Carberry
Organic Farmers Look For Workable Solutions
It’s National Organic Week Oct. 11 to 16 in Canada, a week when the industry celebrates its continued growth as an industry. So where does Manitoba fit into the national picture? Organic farmers represent just two per cent of total farms in this province, or an estimated 300 certified farms covering about 100,000 acres. But
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