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Langruth Rancher Takes Beef To The Legislature

By Daniel Winters February 4, 2010

For the price of two cows that he took to a local abattoir and got made into hamburger, Langruth rancher Kerry Arksey got a lot of ink – and an audience with the provincial agriculture minister. After his quiet, one-man protest at the Manitoba legislature Jan. 26, where he handed out free beef in exchange

Opinion

Could We Have One Too?

January 14, 2010

JOHN MORRISS EDITORIAL DIRECTOR “Pickles, no garlic.” That was one of the items on the shopping list, an unusually long one before Christmas when those of us blessed to live in Canada need to worry about having too much food, not too little. Among the brands was one which was almost a dollar cheaper, which

Beef cattle, Livestock, Opinion

Time To Rethink The Beef Business

By Dean Hildebrand March 26, 2009

We are encouraged by a growing consumer movement towards not only organic foods, but just as important, local foods. Has anyone paid much attention to the NFU’s November 19, 2008 report on The Farm Crisis and the Cattle Sector? Among other things, the report reveals that average cattle prices are nearly half what they were

News

Manitobans earn “Golden Carrots” on World Food Day

By Lorraine Stevenson October 23, 2008

“Let’s continue to build on this effort to bring more food security to this province.” – Rosann Wowchuk Organic greenhouse grower and farm and rural advocate David Neufeld of Boissevain is the recipient of one of six “Golden Carrot” awards handed out at the Manitoba legislature on World Food Day last week. This is the

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Langruth Rancher Takes Beef To The Legislature

Could We Have One Too?

Time To Rethink The Beef Business

Manitobans earn “Golden Carrots” on World Food Day

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