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Get In The Habit Of Choosing Healthy Snacks – for Sep. 9, 2010

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Snacking sometimes has bad connotations. However, researchers have reported positive nutrition outcomes associated with snacking, especially among older adults and children. In a study of about 2,000 adults aged 65 or older, 84 per cent reported snacking. When the researchers analyzed their intake of several nutrients and calories, they reported that the snackers consumed more
Opinion

Products Of Ottawa, 2009-10 Edition – for Sep. 2, 2010

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The third session of the 40th Parliament is adjourned until Sept. 20. What are the changes to federal food law since last summer? Here is a brief selection: CFIA MINISTERIAL ADVISORY BOARD Following up on the recommendation of its listeria investigator, on March 31, 2010, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz finally announced he intends to proceed
Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Opinion, Poultry

Letters – for Sep. 2, 2010

Improving animal welfare a worthy priority Ron Glaser of the Beef Information Centre, is correct when he says in the Aug. 26Manitoba Co-operatorthat the consumer hasn’t abandoned animal products in general. I am not sure who participated in his survey but I gotta tell you that for health reasons my household has definitely reduced its
Livestock

CFIA On Clone Watch – for Sep. 2, 2010

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Aclaim that Canadian farms are importing embryos with cloned cow genetics has inspectors here watching the outcome of a U. K. investigation. Britain’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) is investigating allegations of unauthorized sales of meat, processed from Holsteins alleged to be born from embryos taken from a U. S. clone. Meat and products from clones’
Livestock

Squashing The E. Coli Bug – for Sep. 2, 2010

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Ranchers worry about their cattle getting sick. For packers, the risk of making their customers ill is a major concern. “Nothing weighs on my mind more than the battle with E. coli,” said Entz, vice-president/general manager of Cargill’s beef business unit in High River, Alberta. An agriculture engineer by training, he has worked for Cargill
Livestock

Fall Feeder Run Has Begun – for Aug. 26, 2010

The week that ended Aug. 20 was a much busier one for Man-itoba auction marts, as cattle numbers begin to pick up in anticipation of the annual fall run. The Ashern auction mart reopened after its summer break, while most others which had been operating on a biweekly basis, are now returning to their regular
Livestock

Scholarship In Honour Of Cam Brown – for Aug. 26, 2010

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An agricultural scholarship has been created in honour of Cam Brown, whose long and varied career in agriculture was recently recognized by his induction into the Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame (MAHF). This new scholarship, to be administered by the Red River Exhibition Foundation (RREF), resulted from a $20,000 donation by T. K. Stan Cheung,
Country Crossroads

Food Strategy Off To A Promising Start – for Aug. 26, 2010

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Buoyed by positive responses from agriculture ministers and the food industry, the Canadian Federation of Agriculture is plowing ahead with the development of its National Food Strategy. The idea for the strategy was first presented to the federal and provincial agriculture ministers during the 2009 CFA round table meeting, says Garnet Etsell, the organization’s first

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