Should you teach your kids to hunt?
Teaching young people to hunt is an important rural tradition in Western Canada and teaches responsibility and love of nature, columnist Tim Sopuck writes. 
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November 3, 2020Ag in the Classroom pivots under COVID-19
Sue Clayton, executive director for Manitoba’s Agriculture in the Classroom, says new government funding will help the organization bolster online resources in the age of COVID-19. Why it matters: Agriculture in the Classroom typically offers hands-on ag experience to Manitoba students, but that will look different in the coming year. The federal and provincial governments
October 30, 2020N2O study a call to action, say advocates
Farmers and the federal government must work together to reduce emissions of greenhouse gas nitrous oxide (N2O), says one advocacy group following the publication of a new study showing global increase in the gas. N2O can ‘gas off’ nitrogen fertilizer applied to fields. “There are many promising ways to reduce nitrogen fertilizer use that are
October 28, 2020‘Accidental business people’ find niche in worm-made fertilizer
It began 35 years ago with a quarter-pound of worms sent in the mail from Kentucky. Mike Jacques bought them to help develop soil for his greenhouse and the Northern Sun Farm Co-op, a small, off-grid community near Sarto in southeastern Manitoba. The soil in the area was sandy and needed some organic input. Jacques
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