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Candidates Debate Food Issues

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Candidates in Manitoba s provincial election risked eating their words earlier this month, at a debate on food-related election issues in downtown Winnipeg. Troy Osiname, Liberal candidate for Seine River, Gord Mackintosh, NDP candidate for St. Johns and Kelvin Goertzen, Progressive Conservative candidate for Steinbach fielded questions from Food Matters Manitoba and members of the
Livestock

Hog Carcass Competition

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This year there were 30 entries from 11 competing farms. The judging took place at East 40 Packers. A number of factors including overall weight, quality and texture of muscle, eye, and marbling were considered in choosing the top carcasses. Judges look for the perfect combination of meat quality traits and measurements. The winning carcass
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Peak Calls Truce In Spud War

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“This is in place right away. We’re not going to enforce anything else.” – LARRY MCINTOSH Trevor Schreimer figured something was up when he and other members of the Manitoba Potato Coalition met with Agriculture Minister Stan Struthers earlier this month to lobby against Peak of the Market’s new regulation governing small potato growers. “He
Livestock, Other livestock

Reporters Take A Peek Inside A Culled Elk

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“Once in a while we get some large ones. When you cut it open, you see that the inside is much like the cream filling of a doughnut. It’s just disgusting. It’s offyellowy white, gooey, hideous stuff.” – Ken Kingdon Of the 28 elk killed this spring in Riding Mountain National Park, all have so
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In Brief… – for Apr. 8, 2010

Parks open for bookings: Manitoba’s Parks Reservation Service will take campsite bookings starting April 5 at or at 1-888-482-2267. During the first five weeks of the booking period, Birds Hill, Camp Morton, Grand Beach, Stephenfield, Big Whiteshell, Caddy Lake, Falcon Beach, Falcon Lakeshore, Hecla/Gull Harbour, Kiche Manitou, Nutimik, Otter Falls, St. Malo, West Hawk, Bakers
Hogs, Livestock

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
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In Brief… – for Sep. 17, 2009

Petunia facelift: Three eastern research institutions are joining forces to give the popular petunia a genetic overhaul. Researchers from the Vineland Research and Innovation Centre, the University of Guelph and the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture will soon begin work on developing new traits for the ornamental. “Taking a genomics approach we will search for value-added
Hogs, News

Pork Council Raises Funds For Hungry

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Manitoba Pork Council (MPC) is pleased to present Food Cycle 2009, a major fundraising event with Winnipeg Harvest and the Manitoba Association of Food Banks. Harvest supporter and cyclist Ken Livingstone will cycle the winding route of the Trans Canada Trail from the Manitoba-Saskatchewan border through rural Manitoba and Winnipeg to the Manitoba-Ontario border. Food

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