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Salty Foods Aren’t A Necessity

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Most people are well aware of the link between sodium and high blood pressure. The preference for salty foods is an acquired taste. Unlike our inborn preference for sweetness, we aren’t born with a “salty tooth.” We all need some sodium in our diet, but not as much as most people consume. The daily value
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Recession, Health Concerns Get Americans Gardening

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Alison Baum of San Antonio, Texas hopes to save money and eat better by getting her hands dirty. She is joining the swelling ranks of Americans who have started backyard fruit and vegetable gardening, a trend rooted in a desire to cut costs as the recession bites, fears about the safety of commercial food supplies
Country Crossroads, Dairy cattle

W – for Jun. 25, 2009

RECIPE SWAP Here’s a few recipe selected from the Manitoba Milk Producers website that look tempting for what we certainly hope to be the hot summer days ahead. If you’re looking for more recipes along these lines log on to: www.milk.mb.ca/recipes RHUBARB TARTS Lisa Lillies of Woodlands shares her favourite tart recipe with us this
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Canadian Pioneers

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Leaving your homeland You journeyed Bravely crossing the ocean Looking for a better life You came To a land of bush and harsh climate To back-breaking work of clearing the land and settling On ten-dollar homesteads. Every task to be done by hand With saw and axe you carved a place in the wilderness Hewing
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Celebration In The R. M. Of Lansdowne

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This hasn’t stopped the present-day residents from planning a wonderful anniversary celebration to honour its heritage. If you’re a resident (present or former) of the Rural Municipality of Lansdowne, or if you’re interested in the district, you’re in for a treat this summer. The municipality will be having a big homecoming celebration in July. Incorporated
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Forget-Me-Nots — An Old Favourite

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Forget-me-nots are early bloomers and will come into flower in June and July. Sometimes, amid the hype contained in catalogues and advertisements about wonderful new plants, we forget some of the old tried-and-true flowers that have been reliable garden favourites for decades. One of these is the forget-me-not. As its name suggests, we gardeners should
Country Crossroads, Oilseeds

W – for Jun. 18, 2009

RECIPE SWAP It’s anyone’s guess what will happen in the fields this spring, but at least we know some of our garden vegetables, such as lettuce, leeks and onions, will likely do well in this cool weather. I transplanted bunching onions from the garden at the farm to our town garden and they’re doing just
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A Father’s Wisdom

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The deep timbre of Dad’s voice was soothing as he asked me to sit beside him on the sofa. In 1973, I was a young woman relishing the joys of having my first job, my own money, feeling grown up. Suddenly, my new independent life was shattered. I was downsized, laid off, pink-slipped… fired! Desperate

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