Candidates Debate Food Issues

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





Try This Freezer Quiz

I noticed a chill in the air when I stepped outside on a recent morning to admire my flowering plants. I went back inside to grab a light jacket. As I zipped my jacket, I could sense the approach of autumn in the crisp morning air. I m not ready for autumn just yet. Soon

Step In The Right Direction

Our hats off to Pembina Valley, Assiniboine Hills, and Turtle Mountain conservation districts, which have recently completed the Pembina River Integrated Watershed Management Plan. Thirty years ago, it was considered a real accomplishment when a group of neighbouring municipalities joined together to form a conservation district. After all, they were committing to co-operate on some


Food Regulatory Reform Not Needed

Like a bad rash that just won’t go away, talk of major legislative change to Canada’s food regulatory system is back. This talk is worse than just a waste of time because it distracts people from focusing on what can and should be done now to reform our food regulatory system. Our legislation is fine



Biotechnology Helps Dow AgroSciences In Canola Hybrid Search

Like prospectors searching for the mother lode, canola breeders are on a never-ending quest for the next highest-yielding hybrid. Whether it’s a rich gold vein or higher yields, the more one looks, the better one’s chances of finding them. Biotechnology is helping companies such as Dow AgroSciences screen more crosses faster, Van Ripley, Dow AgroSciences’

Soybeans Chasing Canola’s High-Stability Oil Markets

High-stability canola oil is gaining market share in food services and food manufacturing, but the soybean industry is fighting back. In 2010 the United States Department of Agriculture granted Monsanto’s new Vistive Gold soybean “Generally Recognized as Safe” (GRAS) status. Now companies can test Vistive Gold’s high-oleic oil in food, a prerequisite to commercialization. And