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Have you tried eggplant?

Recipe Swap: Ratatoullie and Wilted Rainbow Chard with Seared Eggplant and Parsley Vinaigrette

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I recall the first time I brought home an eggplant from the grocery store. I probably would have gotten similar attention if I brought a martian home for dinner. I pulled it out of the shopping bag and set it on the counter. My husband and our kids gathered around and examined it. As I
Cereals, Crops

Middle East Pushes Durum Higher

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Nat ions in the Middle East and North Africa have long been the leaders in importing durum wheat, and despite the political unrest in the region, imports have not slowed down. Bruce Burnett, director of market analysis with the Canadian Wheat Board in Winnipeg, said the upheaval has caused some nations to bulk up on
Country Crossroads

Eggplant No Longer The “Mad Apple”

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Eggplant is a very versatile vegetable. It can be roasted, grilled, fried, steamed, sautéed or cooked. It is high in water content and low in calories at just 18 calories per half-cup of cooked eggplant and provides some fibre, vitamin C and iron. Eggplant history dates back to early China. When the eggplant made its
Cereals, Crops

CIGI Receives Federal Investment

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The federal government is investing $11 million into the Canadian International Grains Institute, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz announced May 14. “Today’s investment to the crops industry will support research and development of new, healthy foods for families across Canada and around the world,” said Minister Ritz. “When premium Italian pasta plants are making spaghetti, they
Cereals, News

AAFC Predicts Stocks Offsetting Lower Production Staff

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Canadian wheat was delayed by below-normal temperatures in the spring and the first half of the summer, but unusually warm and mostly dry conditions in September in Western Canada resulted in normal to better-than-normal quality. Market analysts at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada foresee lower production of wheat, durum and barley in 2009-10, offset by availability
Cereals, News

Canada, U. S., Mexico Gain As EU Drops Durum Tariff

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The European Union has removed a tariff against all high-quality durum wheat imports that had especially jeopardized shipments from Canada, the United States and Mexico, the Canadian Wheat Board said Nov. 5. The tariff had been in place for about a month, the CWB said. The EU removed the tariff after the wheat board and
Cereals, News

Briefs Continued – for Oct. 29, 2009

Drive away hunger: Farm Credit Canada’s (FCC) Drive Away Hunger program finished the last leg of its annual five-week journey on Oct. 16, with 1,627,617 pounds of food raised for food banks nationwide. Six tractor tours took place in Alberta, New Brunswick, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan and Regina (where FCC’s corporate office is located) from October
Cereals, Crops

More Notice Before Wheats Deregistered

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“The word wasn’t getting out.” Western Canada’s grain industry will get at least three years, notice before a wheat or durum wheat variety is deregistered, which makes it only eligible to grade feed or No. 5 Canada Western Amber durum. The names of varieties to be deregistered will be posted on the Canadian Grain Commission’s
Cereals, Opinion

Rushing Madly Off In All Directions

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When mad cow disease hit Western Canada in May, 2003, farmers got a lesson in basic economics. The lesson wasn’t so much that prices went down in Canada. Take away the market for something like 50 per cent of the cattle produced in Canada, and prices will take a gut-wrenching tumble. That was a given.

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