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Food Bank Use On The Rise In Canada

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Higher food and housing costs are squeezing low-income Canadians and the 4,100 food banks across Canada that try to help them, says a study released Nov. 1. Even with the economic recovery, food bank use has risen 26 per cent since the start of the 2008 recession, Katherine Schmidt, executive director of Food Banks Canada,
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Agriculture Gets Low Budget Profile

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With commodity prices soaring and the federal government negotiating with the provinces on a new version of Growing Forward, no one expects agriculture to rate much more than mention in passing in the March 22 budget. A recent Agriculture Canada forecast predicted generally rosy conditions for most sectors of Canadian agriculture going forward as food
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Meal In A Can Contains Hulless Oats

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Campbell’s Canada’s launch of a new canned meal product containing naked oats is pure vindication for the Interlake farmer who has invested years in promoting the variety as an important new crop. The Canadian food product company recently announced the launch of Nourish, a 425-g completely meal-in-a-can product which, in addition to two servings of
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Year-Round Farmers’ Markets Seen At Risk

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New provincial regulations for small potato growers will jeopardize the ability of farmers’ markets to operate year round in Manitoba, opponents say. The new rules make it illegal for a farmers’ market to sell seasonally grown local potatoes after Oct. 31. That could threaten plans for a year-round farmers’ market in downtown Winnipeg. It could
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New Potato Rules Rile Small Producers

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“We are not a threat to orderly marketing of potatoes in Manitoba.” – ALAN GRAHAM, FMAM Anewly formed coalition of farmers’ markets, small producers and independent grocers will oppose recent provincial regulations for in-season table potatoes. Called COFARM (Coalition of Farmers and Retailers Manitoba), the group plans a lobbying effort to get the new regulations
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Christmas Donation Expands To Year-Round Giving

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Despite living through some of the worst times in memory, pork producers in southeastern Manitoba have dramatically increased their support to their local food bank. Last year, they donated $1,000 to the Helping Hands food bank. This year, the district’s producers have volunteered to donate at least one kilogram of pork for every food bank
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18 Per Cent Jump In Use Of Food Banks In 2009

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Highlights of HungerCount for Manitoba 47,925 individuals were assisted by a food bank in March 2009 +18 per cent change since March 2008 49 per cent are children 15.5 per cent report employment income 3 per cent receive Employment Insurance 54.5 per cent receive social assistance 10 per cent receive disability-related income supports 66 per
Cereals, News

Farmers See Smaller Share Of Bigger Grocery Bill

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If a Winnipeg family wants to know how Canadian farmers’ wares are faring in the marketplace, they won’t find the answer on their grocery bill, a new study released by Keystone Agricultural Producers suggests. Shopping trips for the same basket of foods on May 10, 2008 and June 2, 2009 find the grocery bill for

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