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Province hopes good things will be cooking in Swan River

By Lorraine Stevenson April 20, 2012

The province expects entrepreneurs will be cooking up some innovation in Swan River’s new food-processing centre. The government has spent $80,000 to outfit a former meeting room of the War Veterans Community Hall on 6th St. N. — part of a pilot project to provide entrepreneurs from northern communities with the opportunity to test and

Cereals, News

Buckwheat snack food impresses at food show

By Lorraine Stevenson January 27, 2012

A new made-in-Manitoba snack food has been named one of the top 12 natural foods at an international gourmet food show in San Francisco. Buckshots, a roasted buckwheat snack, may have vaulted the crop from obscurity to significant new interest, too. Many of the Canadian, American, and global buyers attending the 2012 Winter Fancy Food

News

Rosann Wowchuk Not Seeking Re-Election

By Lorraine Stevenson July 21, 2011

How does a 4-H mom and farm wife wind up as a deputy premier and finance minister – one of the most powerful portfolios in politics? It’s quite simple really: work tirelessly and file your nomination papers on time. After 21 years in provincial politics, NDP Deputy Premier Rosann Wowchuk has announced she won’t seek

Livestock

Richardson Centre For Functional Foods And Nutraceuticals Marks Fifth Anniversary

By Lorraine Stevenson June 2, 2011

When James Richardson International made a multimillion donation to the University of Manitoba in 2006 to set up the Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals, words like antioxidants, probiotics and plant sterols were mostly the stuff of the science labs, not lunchroom chatter. Those words are heard more often nowadays, as products containing them

Beef cattle, Forages, News

Food Fight Top Prize Goes To Hemp Cookies

April 28, 2011

Hemp’s growing popul arity got another boost last week with the grand prize at the Great Manitoba Food Fight going to a rural Manitoba woman who has created a cookie with it. New Bothwell’s Natalie Dueck took home $15,000 and the gold medal for her product she calls her “chocolate hemp snackers.” She was one

Livestock, News

Cattle Insurance In The Works

By Ron Friesen April 21, 2011

The Manitoba government has set aside $200,000 for a livestock insurance pilot program for the province’s cattle producers. The allocation is hidden in the 2011-12 provincial budget brought down April 12 by Finance Minister Rosann Wowchuk. TheCo-operatorlearned about it during briefings by Treasury Board officials in a media lockup prior to Wowchuk’s budget speech in

News

Now There’s An App For Virtual Trade Shows

By Natasha Tersigni April 14, 2011

The global village is once again getting a little smaller thanks to a new Internet tool that gives companies access to overseas markets without leaving the country. Virtual trade shows allow companies in one country to introduce their products overseas, specifically in Asia, and deal directly to interested buyers. The two sides can discuss the

News

More Funds For Health And Food Research

By Lorraine Stevenson March 24, 2011

The federal and provincial governments have committed $406,000 to the Manitoba Agri- Health Research Network (MARHN) to help advance diet-related solutions for health and agriculture and spur food innovation. Projects currently underway through MARHN include a joint venture with a Chilean grain company to create and commercialize healthier wheat and oat products. It’s one of

Crops, Dairy cattle

Common Voice For Ag Sector More Critical Than Ever: MRAC Speaker

By Lorraine Stevenson March 24, 2011

Bracing for major change in the agricultural industry, Manitoba’s ag community proposed the formation of the Manitoba Rural Adaptation Council 15 years ago. Founding members believed a common voice and vision for agriculture and for making rural Manitoba a better place to live was needed. That need for collaboration and common voice is even more

News

$7.74 Million Expansion At FDC Underway

By Lorraine Stevenson March 3, 2011

The Food Development Centre at Portage la Prairie is undergoing a major renovation this winter that will expand its processing and warehouse capacity plus add space for additional staff. Included in the $7.74-million expansion is a 6,000-sq.-ft. addition to the west side of the building to house more staff plus a full-service training centre. Some

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U.S. grains: Soybean futures jump on hopes for US export demand

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Tag Archives Food Development Centre — page 3

Province hopes good things will be cooking in Swan River

Buckwheat snack food impresses at food show

Rosann Wowchuk Not Seeking Re-Election

Richardson Centre For Functional Foods And Nutraceuticals Marks Fifth Anniversary

Food Fight Top Prize Goes To Hemp Cookies

Cattle Insurance In The Works

Now There’s An App For Virtual Trade Shows

More Funds For Health And Food Research

Common Voice For Ag Sector More Critical Than Ever: MRAC Speaker

$7.74 Million Expansion At FDC Underway

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