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How much do you know about digestion?

By Julie Garden-Robinson March 29, 2012

How much do you know about food and digestion? Try this quiz to find out: 1. What substance in our mouth helps mix and start the breakdown of food? 2. What action in the mouth helps break apart your food? 3. How many muscles are in the esophagus? 4. Two-part question: What part of the

Country Crossroads, News

Rossburn Elementary receives WRAPP grant

By Darrell Nesbitt March 29, 2012

An ongoing project at the Rossburn Elementary School is definitely not for the squeamish, but it plays a very important role in waste reduction. Overseen by resource teacher Iris Furman, students in each classroom take turns doing worm chores. “Composting has been an initiative of ours in the past, but thanks to a $4,293 grant

Cereals, Country Crossroads, News, Recipe Swap

Recipe Swap March 29, 2012

By Lorraine Stevenson March 29, 2012

Spring out of bed and eat “like a king” Even if you’re not a morning person it’s so much easier getting up with earlier sun these bright spring mornings. It’s also more tempting to skip breakfast when the weather’s fine and there’s so much to do outside. But the old saying “breakfast like a king

Country Crossroads, News

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

Country Crossroads, News

Plenty on the plate for food security groups

By Lorraine Stevenson March 29, 2012

Residents of Winnipeg’s St. Vital neighbourhood are digesting the results of a newly released study that reflects what matters to them about food. The Winnipeg suburb is one of several sites in Manitoba to undergo community food assessments in recent months, an initiative to better understand where residents buy or access food, if they grow

Crops, News, Oilseeds

CDC Triffid contamination on the decline

By Allan Dawson March 29, 2012

Officials from Canada’s flax industry are in Europe this week to brief government and industry officials on the progress Canada is making removing traces of CDC Triffid, a genetically modified (GM) flax, from Canadian flax. “It’s getting less and less frequent and less and less intense,” Flax Council of Canada president Will Hill said in

Cereals, Crops, News

Briefs March 29, 2012

March 29, 2012

Indonesian consumers shun rice in favour of noodles jakarta / reuters / Rising incomes are prompting Asian consumers to switch to noodles and away from rice. It’s expected wheat demand in Indonesia, already Asia’s top wheat importer, will rise by at least five per cent a year over the next decade. The country imported six

Beef cattle, News

Food companies poised to profit as production rebounds

By Rod Nickel March 29, 2012

The world’s farmers are poised for a year of plenty in 2012 after last year’s weather-related disasters, and prospects of lower grain prices from bumper harvests could offer relief to the battered bottom lines of grain and food companies. Food and beverage companies like Sara Lee, PepsiCo and General Mills have struggled to absorb high

Livestock, News

Confusion around CFIA budget cuts

By Alex Binkley March 29, 2012

Budget cuts at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency won’t weaken food safety protection, says Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz. “Food safety is a priority for this government,” Ritz told the Commons agriculture committee, adding a big chunk of the planned cost cutting will come from the winding down of the listeria inquiry into the 2008 tainted

News

Better times ahead for organic farmers held on through downturn

By Daniel Winters March 29, 2012

The recession has taken its toll on Canada’s certified organic sector, but the worst may already be over. The number of Canadian certified organic farms peaked at 3,914 in 2009. Then the recession hit and that number fell 4.5 per cent nationwide, with a 16 per cent plunge in Saskatchewan, once home to the largest

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Tag Archives food

How much do you know about digestion?

Rossburn Elementary receives WRAPP grant

Recipe Swap March 29, 2012

Food assessment gives St. Vital residents food for thought

Plenty on the plate for food security groups

CDC Triffid contamination on the decline

Briefs March 29, 2012

Food companies poised to profit as production rebounds

Confusion around CFIA budget cuts

Better times ahead for organic farmers held on through downturn

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