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VIDEO: Author examines rural communities’ key to survival
Doug Griffiths, along with Kelly Clemmer, is one of the author’s of 13 Ways to Kill Your Community and one of the most recent speakers at the Association of Manitoba Municipalities annual convention Nov. 25-27. Griffiths spoke on 13 ways in which he says communities might block their economic development, including encouraging residents to shop
December 5, 2019Editor’s Take: The crops groups merger vote nears
Are you ready for the Manitoba Crop Alliance vote? The MCA is the name a new merger of crops groups is poised to take on if their amalgamation proposal passes votes to be held at this winter’s CropConnect conference. That meeting, slated for February 11-13 in Winnipeg, will see the annual meetings of the Manitoba
December 5, 2019Keeping kids safe in the workplace
If you grew up on a farm, riding along during harvest or helping with morning chores were probably tasks that felt second nature. For many good reasons this integral part of farming isn’t going to go away. However, a recent on-farm incident in Ontario involving the death of a small child has the farming community
December 4, 2019Editor’s Take: Lack of leadership on Food Safety Act leads to limbo
On June 11, 2009 Gary Doer was contemplating his pending exit from provincial politics, Barack Obama had less than six months under his belt as president of the United States and Stephen Harper was still nearly two years away from receiving his first majority mandate. In popular culture, Jason Aldean’s “Big Green Tractor” was burning
November 28, 2019Manitoba zero-till pioneer inducted into conservation hall of fame
Manitoba farmer Robert (Bob) McNabb called for greater passion for soil as he was inducted into the Canadian Conservation Hall of Fame in Winnipeg, November 13. In his acceptance address, McNabb called on those gathered to approach soil conservation with the same passion as teenage, Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg. “If we could get on
November 27, 2019Letters: Wild boars are bad news
There might be a lot of differences between rural Manitoba and the Italian countryside, but there is one similarity. In Italy about 1,000 farms around Rome have had to deal with the destruction caused by wild boars. That country has been forced to defend its agricultural history — grape production reaching back centuries. The wild
November 26, 2019