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BBQ event a thank you to farmers

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“There’s reasons people want to stay on the land. So that’s what we decided to celebrate.” – STRESS LINE MANAGER JANET SMITH It was a day to say thanks to farmers and its organizers say it turned out so well, they’ll do it again. More than 2,500 farmers enjoyed a free outdoor barbecue at Fraser
Cereals, Country Crossroads

CWB and Primo Foods launch national pasta promotion

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“We want Canadian consumers to value this wheat as much as our export customers do.” – IAN WHITE, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE CANADIAN WHEAT BOARD Television commercials and other promotional messages will soon be telling Canadian consumers pasta is made from Prairiegrown durum wheat. They’re part of a national campaign launched last week between
Cereals, Country Crossroads

World Pasta Day celebrated on October 25

World Pasta Day is celebrated every October 25 in countries around the world. The theme chosen for 2008’s World Pasta day was Pasta and Children: Health for Children Around the Globe. Canada is the No. 1 exporter of durum in the world. In any given year, western Canadian durum enjoys 50 to 60 per cent
Country Crossroads

Halloween family traditions

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Forget the tricks and costumes on Halloween night – we were at home and having fun. I recall many blustery Halloween evenings and being thankful that I was not dashing from door to door, shivering in tights and a thin costume. Instead, we were toasty warm by the woodstove and enjoying our own October 31
Country Crossroads, Other livestock

Knit up an easy afghan

Readers have been requesting some additional information on making Joan Popke’s afghan from the October 16 Crossroads. Joan says she used Size 6 round needles and cast on 192 stitches. She did the pattern six times and then changed colour and used three colours. Four sets of colours will make a 4×5-foot afghan.
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Reverse Halloween

Halloween as a rural child meant we would go trick-or-treating around the country neighbourhood. Eventually we would all end up at the same home for an impromptu party. This was a home where an older brother and sister lived. She would bake all kinds of things as well as buy some treats for the neighbour
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Spin some sparkling webs

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Halloween! My favourite time of the year! It allows me the opportunity to revisit my childhood and drag as many of my friends and family with me. Whether I’m decorating my house or throwing one of my pumpkin-carving parties or dressing up with my child to haunt the neighbourhood, Halloween night is my night to
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Farming in years past

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Harvest time on the farm was always an exciting time when I was a boy because it meant new jobs to learn, the opportunity to work with neighbours, hearty meals – some delivered right to the field, and a sense of well-being as the season’s grain was stored safely away. The task that ushered in
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In praise of apples

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Apples, apples, apples, it is the season. What do you do with an orchard full of apples? You make apple pie, apple crisp, apple sauce, apple cake, apple strudel, apple soup if you are really adventurous, and you search the web for new and exciting recipes. I visited an orchard the other day with eight
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Sure signs of autumn

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I know it’s fall when… The sunscreen in my vehicle seems oddly out of place. The thought of canning, packaging or preserving another garden product is overwhelming. The kiddie pool has been deflated, washed and stored. I’m on another bumpy hayride balancing a cup of apple cider and a toddler. The school’s parent advisory committee

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