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Can an apple a day really keep the doctor away?

Nobody knows for sure, but there’s no doubt that apples are truly good for our health

By Julie Garden-Robinson November 9, 2018

Last year, I was very disappointed because our apple tree had no apples. Our tree had never been completely fruitless. I kept staring up at the tree, walking around it and looking for even one apple. I couldn’t find an apple on the tree, even at the very top. At first, I thought the squirrels

Crops

Feds fund tomato and apple research

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff November 3, 2016

An Ontario research station is getting nearly a million dollars from the Federal government to develop new disease-resistant apple and greenhouse tomato varieties. The Vineland Research and Innovation Centre, located in Lincoln, Ont., will build on work done earlier by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada scientists, who will continue to be heavily involved in the research.

Use your favourite apples to make this tasty recipe.

Recipe Swap

How about some apple nachos?

Prairie Fare: There are many uses for the fruit from the old apple tree in the yard

By Julie Garden-Robinson October 14, 2016

I plan to make apple nachos for dessert,” I said to my 18-year-old daughter, who was taking a break from college food that evening. She looked at me for a couple of seconds. I think she was deciding whether she heard me correctly. She likes nachos, but I think I threw her for a loop

An apple tree branch with “scorched” leaves after a severe fire blight infection. (Peggy Greb photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Weather

N.S. fruit, maple syrup producers get AgriRecovery

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff February 1, 2016

The federal and Nova Scotia provincial governments will put up AgriRecovery funding for tree fruit growers dealing with fire blight, and maple syrup producers dealing with snow damage. The two governments on Tuesday announced separate AgriRecovery programs, budgeted at up to $2.69 million for fruit growers and up to $950,000 for maple syrup producers. The

Recipe Swap

Does an apple a day really keep the doctor away?

Prairie Fare: Microwave Apple Crisp for one and Apple Raisin Bread Pudding

By Julie Garden-Robinson October 16, 2015

As I looked up at our apple tree with its big red apples, I was carried back in time to a memory of my children’s younger years. They usually help with the apple harvest if we have a good year. They have learned about a lot of things in the process. “I want to pick

Did you know?, International news

An apple a day could keep obesity away

Apples, especially Granny Smiths, promote friendly bacteria

October 9, 2014

Apples, especially Granny Smith apples, may help prevent disorders associated with obesity, new research published in the journal Food Chemistry says. “We know that, in general, apples are a good source of these non-digestible compounds but there are differences in varieties,” said Washington State University food scientist Giuliana Noratto, the study’s lead researcher, in a

News

No pressed apple juice this year

Jean-Guy Cote says his family still deciding whether to rebuild after April 22 fire destroyed their apple press at Landmark

By Lorraine Stevenson August 6, 2014

A fire that destroyed Manitoba’s only government-permitted apple press this spring means customers with bags of backyard apples will be hard pressed to find anywhere to process them later this summer. Apple Junction, owned by John Boy Farms at Landmark, along with Mom’s Country Pantry at the same site burned to the ground April 22

Country Crossroads, Our History

The Massey 101 was one cool machine

Stylish and powerful, the redesigned tractor won the affections of farmers across the country

By Manitoba Agricultural Museum July 11, 2013

When it came to marrying style with functionality, James Duncan was the Steve Jobs of his day and his Massey Harris Model 101 Senior was — and is — as cool as anything to come out of Apple’s design lab. With its streamlined hood, bright-red paint with yellow wheels, chrome trim, and louvred side curtains

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds, US Markets

GRAINS-Corn eases, set for weekly fall of more than 2 percent

By Reuters May 10, 2013

By Colin Packham SYDNEY, May 10 (Reuters) - U.S. corn futures fell on Friday, edging lower as traders squared positions ahead of a U.S. Department of Agriculture monthly supply and demand report later in the day. Corn has come under pressure as favorable weather forecasts buoyed expectations of rapid planting by U.S. farmers, partly reversing

Country Crossroads, Recipe Swap

Recipe Swap: Operation Donation

By Lorraine Stevenson February 12, 2013

If you’re a Farmers’ Almanac reader, you’ll have heard of the ‘Wolf moon’ of January and February’s ‘Hunger moon.’ Aboriginal people gave these names to the months of winter because there wasn’t much food around. The heavy snow of February made hunting very difficult. A different sort of ‘hunger moon’ hangs over those with empty

Daily Network News

Horses really can smell fear, new study claims, and it changes their behaviour

Agriculture Canada research centres to close, unions report

U.S. livestock: Cattle steady ahead of feed report

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