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The National Zero Waste Council in Canada has launched a campaign to make Canadians start to change their habits related to throwing away food.  
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Love Food Hate Waste campaign tackles food waste in Canada

Two of Canada’s largest food retailers plus local and provincial governments and agencies have launched a national campaign to change Canadians’ food behaviour

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A new national campaign launching this summer in Canada aims to reduce the vast volume of food waste generated by Canadian households. The Love Food Hate Waste campaign is dedicated to reducing the significant amounts of food thrown out daily in households right across the country, said Malcolm Brodie, chair of the National Zero Waste
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Getting ready to go camping

The Jacksons from the August 2, 2018 issue of the Manitoba Co-operator

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You bought what?!” Randy Jackson’s amused incredulity was clearly evident in the tone of his voice. His parents, Andrew and Rose sat comfortably in the Adirondack chairs on the lawn of the Jackson farmhouse, lemonade in hand, both wearing sunglasses against the blazing Sunday afternoon sun. “A tent,” said Andrew casually. “We bought a tent.”
The netted skin of a cantaloupe can harbour contaminants.
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Take care with cantaloupe

Prairie Fare: Here are some tips for avoiding foodborne illnesses

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Just get it started and it will practically roll out of its skin,” the man doing the knife demonstration assured his audience. I was thinking about those knife ads from years ago. The knives cut through tin cans and shoe leather, then through ripe tomatoes, making slices so thin “your relatives will never come back”
Echinacea will form nice-size clumps in the garden, like this newer orange variety.
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Echinacea — an attractive, long-blooming plant

Flowers start in early July and continue through late summer and well into September

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By early July, purple coneflowers will be in full bloom and will continue to blossom right through late summer and well into September. This attractive perennial, whose proper name is Echinacea purpurea, will dependably add colour to the landscape, being one of the longest-blooming plants in the perennial border. Echinacea flowers also have a long
One popular hike is out on the peninsula to view the lighthouses.
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Hiking Hecla’s shoreline

This historical area has lots to offer and is well worth a visit

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Most Manitoba parks offer a variety of hikes, often through forested areas, but for a different experience try a trip to Hecla/Grindstone Provincial Park. Since 1971, Hecla has been joined to the mainland by a causeway, but technically visitors are on an island in Lake Winnipeg, so most of these walks begin and end at,
Five years later, flood aid returns
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Five years later, flood aid returns

Our History: July 2010

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The wet year of 2005 decided to celebrate its fifth anniversary with a repeat in 2010, and the front page of our July 15 issue carried a story on how Ottawa and the provinces had announced a $30-per-acre payment to compensate for an estimated 12 million acres that went unseeded that year. The estimate was
A depiction of the herbicide molecule (top), which inhibits an enzyme (bottom) that plants need.
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Neutralizing weeds’ defence system

Researchers identify a new mechanism to battle herbicide resistance

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Plants and unseen soil micro-organisms all need precious space to grow. And to gain that space, a microbe might produce and use chemicals that kill its plant competitors. But the microbe also needs immunity from its own poisons. By looking for that protective shield in micro-organisms, specifically the genes that can make it, a team
Drivers on Highway No. 16 east of Gladstone have probably noticed a grain elevator on a farm along the south side of the road. The 41,000-bushel house was built by Federal Grain in 1956 at Golden Stream, a station on the CNR Gladstone Subdivision about six miles to the southwest. It replaced an earlier elevator, dating from 1935, that was destroyed by fire on July 23, 1955 along with two annexes, an engine house, and 48,000 bushels of grain. Sold to Manitoba Pool in 1972 and closed, the elevator stood vacant for a time before being sold to private ownership and moved here.
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PHOTOS: This Old Elevator: July 2018

The Manitoba Historical Society wants to gather information about all the grain elevators in Manitoba

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In the 1950s, there were over 700 grain elevators in Manitoba. Today, there are fewer than 200. You can help to preserve the legacy of these disappearing “Prairie sentinels.” The Manitoba Historical Society (MHS) is gathering information about all elevators that ever stood in Manitoba, regardless of their present status. Collaborating with the Manitoba Co-operator it is supplying these
Young folk during a 1953 or 1954 camp lineup at the dining hall with the Manitoba Federation of Agriculture and Co-operation ‘MFAC’ sign over the entranceway.
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Want to come back?

This summer marks the 70th anniversary of when families started sending their kids to Camp Wannakumbac at Clear Lake

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Ask anyone who grew up in rural Manitoba to name a place they link with childhood and summer, and chances are it’s Camp Wannakumbac. For 70 years tens of thousands of youths have spent a week of summer camping here, often returning later on to work as a counsellor or director. Adults wanna come back,
Freezing fruits and veggies can keep them at their best if the proper procedures are followed.
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Freezing your bounty of fruits and vegetables

Prairie Fare: As gardens hit high gear, it’s time to preserve some of the excess for the coming winter

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Freezing is an easy, convenient and affordable way to preserve fruits and vegetables. In fact, when fresh produce is frozen shortly after being harvested, it can contain more nutrients than fresh vegetables that have been shipped long distances or stored in warehouses or on retail shelves. If you have a garden, a neighbour with surplus

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