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Country Crossroads, Poultry

Make The Grade

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As children start a new school year, parents start getting back into morning routines. Adding eggs into school-day breakfasts can help kids make the grade. Research has shown that children who eat a nutritious breakfast that is high in protein perform better at school. They need proper nourishment to give them the energy they need
Country Crossroads

Making Fruit Leather

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In early history, refrigerators and freezers were not readily available to help prevent food spoilage. Food dehydration became one of the earliest forms of food preservation. Dehydration allowed people to have portable, lightweight and safe food to enjoy during cold seasons. Dehydration probably was discovered by accident when early civilizations left food out in the
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Brandon Research Centre Celebrates 125th

Back in 1886, farmers around here were suffering from drought, Prairie fires were a problem and frost had damaged wheat the fall before. But there was good news too: Brandon was getting an experimental farm – one of five to be built across the country after the Experimental Farm Station Act received Royal Assent June
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In Brief… – for Aug. 25, 2011

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Correction:Due to an editing mistake, an opinion piece from Lydia Johnson which appeared in the Aug. 11 issue, contains the erroneous statement: “They did this fully knowing that they were going to ‘stuff’ this water into the already overcapacitated Lake Manitoba, which does have a proper outlet drain for the extra diverted waters to go
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New Reporter Joins Co-Operator Staff

Today I live in Winnipeg, but my journey began in the deep south of Ontario, watching a way of agricultural life fade into the history books on my family’s tobacco farm. Growing up near Tillsonburg, I worked on tobacco, ginseng and vegetable operations before heading on to the University of Toronto. There I nurtured a
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New Quebec Policy Emphasizes Food Over Farming

Quebec’s recently released draft for a new agri-food policy, “Giving a Taste of Quebec,” doesn’t include all the ingredients that many in the sector had expected. Pierre Corbeil, the Quebec minister of agriculture, fisheries and food, unveiled the long awaited parliamentary “green paper” (draft policy) on June 7, 2011. The document featured three principal components
Cereals, Opinion

Joe Farmer Goes To Washington (Part 2)

Ihave to admit I didn’t pay much attention to Dan Glickman when he was U.S. secretary of agriculture for the Clinton administration in the late 90’s, but I did have a chance to listen to his keynote address at the Soil and Water Conservation Society’s (SWCS) annual meeting in Washington, D.C. What struck me was
Dairy cattle, News

School Lunches Are Not Cool (Enough)

Tests of more than 700 preschoolers’ packed lunches found that fewer than two per cent of the meats, vegetables and dairy products were cool enough to be safe, according to a U.S. study. One in six U.S. residents gets food poisoning every year, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), but
Country Crossroads, Livestock

New Centre Brings Farming To The Table

Having difficulty explaining where piglets come from? Or struggling to get a city cousin to appreciate the origin of whole wheat bread? A new facility located at the National Centre for Livestock and the Environment, at the University of Manitoba’s Glenlea Research Station has the answers to those questions and more. The Bruce D. Campbell
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EU Gets Tough On Dirty Biofuel, Pledges More Action

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Europe’s energy chief announced seven green certification schemes for biofuels last month and promised to tackle the unwanted side-effects of turning food into fuel. Guenther Oettinger said biofuels’ indirect impacts were dangerous for the planet’s carbon balance and food supply. “It is a real concern … particularly in the big producing countries, Southeast Asia and

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