Mexico has updated rules around imports of apples from Eastern Canada, a move the Canadian Food Inspection Agency says will reduce costs for Canadian exporters.
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Mexico updates import requirements for Eastern Canadian apples
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
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
Feds fund tomato and apple research
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.
How about some apple nachos?
Prairie Fare: There are many uses for the fruit from the old apple tree in the yard
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
N.S. fruit, maple syrup producers get AgriRecovery
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
Does an apple a day really keep the doctor away?
Prairie Fare: Microwave Apple Crisp for one and Apple Raisin Bread Pudding
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
An apple a day could keep obesity away
Apples, especially Granny Smiths, promote friendly bacteria
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
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
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
The Massey 101 was one cool machine
Stylish and powerful, the redesigned tractor won the affections of farmers across the country
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
GRAINS-Corn eases, set for weekly fall of more than 2 percent
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