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Manitoba Food History Project researchers invited people aboard their converted food truck to cook and talk about food in their family.
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Adobo, manomin and the illegal perogy lady

Local food history book tells the stories of many cultures that call Manitoba home

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Many small-town Manitobans have had a “perogy lady” in their lives. For me, it was a perogy couple. They were older, of Ukrainian heritage, and had a deal with my dad. He would trade half a deer’s worth of venison for butchering services. Sometimes the meat would come back with perogies, and those were the
According to a new book, pigs outnumber people in Iowa seven to one and produce the ‘manure equivalent to the waste of nearly 84 million people.’
Op/Ed, Opinion

Opinion: The barons of the dinner table

New book pulls back the curtains on ag mercantilists

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Manufacturers are “an order of men whose interest is never exactly the same with that of the public.” That quote is originally from the first economist, Scotland’s Adam Smith, almost 250 years ago, and is repurposed by writer Eric Schlosser in the foreword of Iowan Austin Frerick’s new book, “Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption
Gordon Goldsborough poses with the recently released third book in his Abandoned Manitoba series.  
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Teasing out the echoes of Manitoba’s abandoned places

Author kicks off 'Abandoned' book, highlights local history

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There are a lot of places in Manitoba that fit the definition of “abandoned.” There’s Smokey’s Tree Stump, a 10-foot-wide concrete sculpture sitting at the side of the TransCanada Highway east of Richer. There are rusting derelicts of Red River Cruise ships. Along the Assiniboine River, there are remnants of Hudson’s Bay Company trading posts.
Long-time rural reporter Bill Redekop (right) and his new book, “Don’t Fence Me In: True Stories about Rural Manitoba.”
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A literary ‘tribute album’ to rural Manitoba

Bill Redekop’s new book spans the oil fields of Melita, the country’s longest-running polka show and a famous outlaw’s local connection

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In 2010, Greg Barrows was an insurance broker who wanted to be an oilman. His home in Melita, known across rural Manitoba as the home of the giant banana, sat right in the middle of the province’s oil country. His boss at the time owned a few low-producing wells. Barrows’ late-night internet research turned up
Hemp expert Anndrea Hermann on her farm near Kleefeld, Man., with the fruit of her translation efforts, a hemp-based children’s book.
Faces of ag, News

‘Trallala’ takes hemp expert on magical journey 

Anndrea Hermann’s fascination with hemp led her from Missouri to Manitoba, where she jumped into a fledgling industry

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[UPDATE: July 12, 2023] A little hempseed named Trallala is sitting on her plant when an elderly cat named Max passes beneath and tells her about a mysterious field of singing flowers. She pleads with the black and white feline to take her there. Adventure follows as Trallala travels across “Hempworld” farm, meeting friends and learning everything
Anna Hunter raises sheep and runs a small wool mill with her family in eastern Manitoba.
Farmit Manitoba, News

Sheep, shepherds have a lot left to give

Book project bares stories of wool producers fighting for the longevity of their sector

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[UPDATED: Apr. 18, 2023] Did you know that in Canada, many species of sheep are endangered species? “I remember being shocked the first time I heard [that],” writes Anna Hunter. “I truly believed that was a status reserved for exotic animals like Bengal tigers.” Hunter raises sheep and runs a small wool mill with her
New edition of Prairie Garden contemplates warmer gardening climate
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New edition of Prairie Garden contemplates warmer gardening climate

The 2023 Prairie Garden tackles building resilient landscapes, adapting to climate change

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The latest edition of a venerable gardening annual contemplates what gardens will look like in a future, warmer climate. “Climate-aware gardening” is the topic of the 2023 Prairie Garden, Western Canada’s only regional-specific gardening annual, published since 1937. It officially launched with a virtual party on Nov. 13. Danny Blair, a climatologist at the University of Winnipeg, guest-edited the
Canola pioneer Baldur Stefannson is a prominent figure in the book.
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Free farm history e-book launches

150 Years of Farming in Manitoba tells the stories of the province’s many ag sectors with plenty of fun facts

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A free e-book telling the story of the past 150 years of Manitoban agriculture launched earlier this month. “Our province was founded on agriculture and this e-book provides an important opportunity for our agricultural producers to showcase their ongoing dedication to a safe and reliable food supply,” said provincial ag minister Derek Johnson in a
Shannon Hayes farms with her family in New York state and is the author of Redefining Rich and six other books.
Farmit Manitoba, News

Direct-market farmers on diversifying without sapping the joy from farming

Beat burnout by making decisions based on the quality of life you want, says author, farmer and chef, Shannon Hayes

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How do you know when you’ve over-diversified the farm? The question came up during the Direct Marketing Conference, held virtually February 3-5 during a panel on diversification led by three farming women. Lourdes Still farms flowers she turns into dye for lavish wearable art and experiential tourism. Anna Hunter raises sheep, mills wool, and teaches

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