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Changing Farm “Work Culture” Key To Safety

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Work is good. Hard work is better. But the sheer need to do a lot of work, combined with the value farm culture places on it, gets in the way of creating a “culture of safety” in Canadian agriculture, say experts on organizational behaviour and workplace leadership. Agriculture’s abysmal record of injuries and fatalities says
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Cold Weather, Warm Kitchen

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The days of getting up in darkness and returning home in same have begun. The last geese are gone and snow is arriving. November is nearly over and we’re entering The Tunnel. I confess I enjoy the arrival of winter. Winter is a quieter time. A bright day in winter produces luminous landscapes. It’s a
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Backyard Birdwatching In Winter

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When winter arrives, some of us are tempted to hibernate. If you’re one of those who just don’t like cold weather, birdwatching in your own backyard can be enjoyed while staying inside. There are about a dozen birds in Manitoba that can be enticed to a feeder during the winter, and watching them out a
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As Usual Moderation Is The Key

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Who can resist the aroma, texture and flavour of fresh-baked bread? Unfortunately, bread sometimes has been viewed as a villain in the world of weight management and weight loss. Some fad diets completely cut out grains and lots of nutrients in the process. Can we gain weight by regularly eating more calories from bread than
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Ferns — Great Addition To Indoor Landscape

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There are many fern varieties that are grown as houseplants. They come in a wide range of sizes and the foliage can vary from long, cascading fronds to tiny button-shaped leaves. Ferns are generally divided into two groups: terrestrial and epiphytic. The first group, as the name implies, grows in soil, while the second group
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Does Meat Bring Out The Beast In Us?

MCGILL UNIVERSITY RELEASE Frank Kachanoff was surprised. He thought the sight of meat on the table would make people more aggressive, not less. After all, don’t football coaches feed their players big hunks of red meat before a game in hopes of pumping them up? And what about our images of a grunting or growling
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Conference Panelists Swap Leadership Stories

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Those were also years when Wowchuk, a teacher by trade, was organizing Ukrainian dance clubs, working with 4-H programs, cooking at fall suppers, and volunteering with multiple community groups, while raising three kids. Wowchuk offered the candid glimpse of her personal life at the Manitoba Farm Women’s conference last week, describing her pre-government days as
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Future Of Women’s Conference Contemplated

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The Manitoba Farm Women’s Conference marked its 24th year this fall and remains a much welcomed post-harvest event for farm women, says its 2010 chair Beth Connery, a Portage la Prairie-area farmer. But next year’s convention, scheduled for Brandon, might be its finale. No decision has been made yet and discussions continue on the event’s
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The Butternut Squash Rediscovered

“Don’t forget to plant the butternut squash…” I kept urging my husband this spring, who does the bulk of the spring garden work every year. He didn’t forget. A good thing too. We lost most of our garden’s potatoes to blight this year. But in our basement cold room where potatoes in gunny sacks would
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Fast-Food Restaurants Target U.S. Kids, Study Shows

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Fast-food restaurants are stepping up efforts to market unhealthy food products to children and toddlers, according to a study by Yale University. It said efforts by the industry to regulate itself have failed and urged government to declare children a protected group and stop marketing efforts that are fuelling child obesity. “What we found in

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