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Celebrating A Century Of Progress – for Sep. 16, 2010

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Women running farm homes a century ago could scarcely have imagined the clean, comfortable, and efficient homes of their daughters and granddaughters. But they could envision a better quality of life, and today’s farm families owe a debt of gratitude to those women who fought for amenities such as electricity and running water, and encouraged
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Add Some Herbs To Your Menu

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Although I’d like to say “good nutrition” is the No. 1 factor people use when choosing foods, “good taste” rates the highest. Adding fresh and dried herbs can improve flavour and help reduce fat and salt in your favourite recipes. Herbs virtually add no calories, yet they add distinctive flavours. They get their characteristic aromas
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Streamline Meal Preparation For Busy Spring

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Spring gets busy. As well as the usual busyness on the farm, after a long winter with often unknown weather conditions, the arrival of warmer weather brings more meetings, conferences, concerts, graduations and all sorts of activities prior to summer. Busy schedules can lead to erratic mealtimes. Erratic mealtimes, in turn, can lead to people
Country Crossroads, Oilseeds

Healthy Eating Starts With Healthy Food Choices

RECIPE SWAP This spring the Manitoba Canola Growers have joined forces with the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Manitoba to produce Quick and Healthy Recipes: Volume 3, a new recipe book containing 15 heart-healthy recipes that promote eating less fat, especially saturated and trans fat, and reducing sodium, while increasing fibre in the diet. The
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Fight Flu-Causing Germs

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With a growing worldwide flu pandemic, parents may be wondering if they should add hand sanitizers to their children’s backpacks. Researchers have shown that each hand may carry 10,000 to 10 million bacteria. Sneezing or coughing into your hands and then touching inanimate objects, such as doorknobs, can lead to the spread of germs from
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Flooded Wells Need To Be Cleaned

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Frequently during flood situations, private wells can be partially or fully submerged by surface water. When this happens, the well can become contaminated with a host of materials that can include sewage, petroleum products, sediment, bacteria, viruses and other floating debris, North Dakota State University Extension Service water quality experts warn. The smell of the
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DuPont Tests Market For High-Oleic Soy Oil

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DuPont Co. hopes to roll out this year what could be the world’s first genetically modified soybean seed aimed at health-conscious consumers and the food companies that serve them, company officials said. Regulatory approval is pending, but DuPont is already testing the product with food processors to gauge demand and pricing. A small-scale introduction is
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Fresh ideas for rejuvenating country fairs

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“Our last two generations have forgotten how to cook, how to garden, how to sew, how to can.” – Doris Fletcher The volunteers who log countless hours organizing community fairs should not lose sight of why they got involved in the first place, community development expert and motivational speaker Paul Born says. “Caring is the
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Give the gift of time this Christmas

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We are all guilty of it – rushing through Christmas to the point of missing all the joy that the season brings. We focus on endless shopping lists, parties, pageants, decorating and baking, hoping to give our family the “perfect” Christmas. We believe that seven kinds of dainties, colour-co-ordinated decorations and amazing presents will ensure

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