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Providing Home Where Buffalo Roam Stirs Battles

By Laura Zuckerman January 20, 2011

For the first time in more than a century, wild buffalo from the nation’s last purebred herd will be permitted to roam free in Montana outside the bounds of Yellowstone National Park. Government scientists plan on Wednesday to drive 25 buffalo, or bison, through ranchlands north of the park and into the wide-open valleys of

Livestock

Ottawa Broadens Food Discussions

By Alex Binkley January 20, 2011

The federal government is broadening its consultations on food policy by launching a discussion with eight consumer organizations. The consumer round table was proposed last year in Sheila Weatherill’s report on the deadly 2008 listeria outbreak. It also dovetails with the Connecting with Consumers theme of the annual meeting of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture

News

Getting Local Food Into Cafeterias

By Lorraine Stevenson January 20, 2011

AManitoba project is looking for ways to get more locally grown foods served in institutions such as schools, universities, hospitals and other places where cafeterias potentially feed thousands of people on a daily basis. Over the past year, the Manitoba Farm to Cafeteria project has been exploring how to seize the market opportunities these larger

News

National Science Agency Axes Food Research

By Ron Friesen January 20, 2011

Agricultural scientists and farm groups are expressing dismay at a decision by a federal research agency to stop funding food research. The decision by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council sends a negative message, both at home and abroad, that Canada is not interested in research which a hungry world urgently needs, say researchers

Cereals, News, Oilseeds

In Brief… – for Jan. 20, 2011

By Reuters January 20, 2011

Vet fined:A Manitoba veterinarian has been fined $10,000 for certifying uninspected cattle for export. Dr. Earl Van Assen pleaded guilty in a Winnipeg court to two counts of contravening the federal Health of Animals Act. Court was told Van Assen submitted certification documents in Feb. 2009 for 42 cows shipped to the United States, stating

News

Washington’s Tough New Food-Safety Law Could Affect Canada

By Alex Binkley January 20, 2011

While it’s too soon to tell for sure, the new U.S. food-safety law could become another big headache for Canadian food exporters. The law, to be implemented over the next 18 months, gives the U.S. Food and Drug Administration powers similar to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, namely the authority to proactively protect the food

Crops, Forages

Roundup Ready Alfalfa Nears Approval In U.S.

By Ron Friesen January 20, 2011

The American government is imminently expected to approve the commercial release of Roundup Ready alfalfa in the U.S. – a move which deeply worries Manitoba forage seed producers. Growers fear it’s just a matter of time before genes from the GM variety enter Canada, cross-contaminate non-GM alfalfa and wreck forage seed sales to Europe, which

Country Crossroads

Community Cookbook Draws Together Recipes From Rural Newcomer Families

By Lorraine Stevenson January 20, 2011

Wh e n Penny Burton arrived in Cartwright, after emigrating from the U.K. a decade ago with her family, one of the many things she discovered about her new country was community cookbooks. What a great way to share food stories and draw a community together, she thought. Fast-forward to now, and Cartwright’s newest community

Country Crossroads

Time To Hit The Trails

By Candy Irwin January 20, 2011

PICTURE PERFECT:Marcia Foord of Onanole, Manitoba enjoys a sunny day on the trails. Cross-country skiing can be a heart-pumping, adrenal ine-surging sport. For more of us though, it is a quieter, more reflective way of experiencing the outdoors and an opportunity to soak in the beauty of winter. Cross-country skiing (a. k.a. Nordic skiing) is

Country Crossroads

Our Resident Dove: Lonesome Or Not?

By Donna Gamache January 20, 2011

For the past four years a mourning dove has overwintered in the town of MacGregor. Presumably the same bird, it has come to feed and drink in our backyard almost every day for the past four winters. Because it was always by itself, we named it “Lonesome Dove” (from the Texan town and movie, of

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Tag Archives food

Providing Home Where Buffalo Roam Stirs Battles

Ottawa Broadens Food Discussions

Getting Local Food Into Cafeterias

National Science Agency Axes Food Research

In Brief… – for Jan. 20, 2011

Washington’s Tough New Food-Safety Law Could Affect Canada

Roundup Ready Alfalfa Nears Approval In U.S.

Community Cookbook Draws Together Recipes From Rural Newcomer Families

Time To Hit The Trails

Our Resident Dove: Lonesome Or Not?

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