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Conference board issues provincial food ‘report card’

Manitoba rates high on food safety but low on security and manufacturing growth

By Lorraine Stevenson June 5, 2017

Saskatchewan has earned nearly all As for industry prosperity, household food security and other areas in Canada’s Food Report Card 2016. Funded by the Conference Board of Canada and released last week, the report is a series of provincial report cards looking at domestic food by comparing the 10 provinces against each other. The report

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Food banks plant roots for the long term

Canada’s food banks are embracing gardens and greenhouses, cooking classes and more  to help clients achieve greater food security

By Sylvain Charlebois March 21, 2017

Facing declining donations, an increasing number of Canadian food banks are growing their own food. Canadians may feel guilty for not giving enough but they shouldn’t. This is really about food banks adapting for the betterment of society. The Mississauga, Ont., and Surrey, B.C., food banks recently launched vertical farms using hydroponics and aquaponics. The

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Women’s Institute focuses on food literacy

Gardening, food preservation and cooking come easy to its members  so why not share those skills with others, say Woodmore WI members

By Lorraine Stevenson May 13, 2015

Last spring they planted an extra row of vegetables in their gardens to donate to food banks. This year, members of a local Women’s Institute are going an extra mile to teach others to grow their own. The Woodmore WI held the first of three planned gardening workshops last week, and hopes to bring participants

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Quebec ag spending trimmed, tax credits boosted

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 26, 2015

Quebec’s farming sector can expect a noticeable cut in program spending and a handful of tax credits and tax relief coming out of Thursday’s provincial budget. Finance Minister Carlos Leitao on Thursday announced a cut of about 15 per cent in program spending for the agriculture, food and fisheries ministry through the province’s general fund,

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New book ‘The Stop,’ about empowerment, transformation of food banks

Recipe Swap: Oatmeal Risotto with Cherry Tomatoes and Basil, and Parsnip, Sage, Rosemary  in no-time Risotto

By Lorraine Stevenson December 8, 2014

As we head toward Christmas, many of us give generously to charitable causes. Food banks are one of them and they definitely need our help. Goodness knows what would happen if we suddenly closed our wallets on them. Over 60,000 Manitobans turned to one in the month of March, according to the Hunger Count 2014

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Despite economic recovery, use of food banks at near-record levels

By Alex Binkley November 14, 2013

More than 700,000 Canadians turn to food banks every month, and many of them are employed or from two-parent households

Food bank use is at near-record levels and will only come down if there’s an increase in affordable housing, says Food Banks Canada. More than 700,000 Canadians turn to food banks every month because they have “to choose between paying rent or buying food,” said Katherine Schmidt, the organization’s executive director. “At the root of

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4-H rolls out new three-day Fun Fest event this summer

By Lorraine Stevenson June 8, 2012

How to grow giant pumpkins, take better photos and go geocaching, plus meeting the RCMP K-9 Unit are attractions organizers hope draw a 4-H crowd to the Carman Country Fair this summer. The events are part of Fun Fest, a new 4-H show being launched this summer in conjunction with the Dufferin Agricultural Society in

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Food assessment gives St. Vital residents food for thought

By Food Matters Manitoba Release March 29, 2012

Report looks at regional challenges and offers insight Residents in St. Vital are biting off a mouthful of food issues from the recent St. Vital Community Food Assessment. The report, funded by the Winnipeg Foundation and the Province of Manitoba, was conducted by Food Matters Manitoba and its partners in St. Vital. The assessment takes

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4-H’s 100th: Celebrations launched at Ag Days

By Lorraine Stevenson January 27, 2012

Let the party begin. Manitoba 4-H Council leaders rolled out their plans during Ag Days last week for celebrations leading up to the 100th anniversary of 4-H in Canada. “Manitoba has a very special relationship to 4-H with Roland being the birthplace of 4-H in Canada,” said Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives Minister Ron

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Food Bank Use On The Rise In Canada

By Alex Binkley November 10, 2011

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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U.S. grains: Corn drops to 12-week low on report of massive stocks, record harvest

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rise, hogs fall on WASDE

Resignation of Saskatchewan wheat breeder draws concern

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