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Add Some Herbs To Your Menu

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Although I’d like to say “good nutrition” is the No. 1 factor people use when choosing foods, “good taste” rates the highest. Adding fresh and dried herbs can improve flavour and help reduce fat and salt in your favourite recipes. Herbs virtually add no calories, yet they add distinctive flavours. They get their characteristic aromas
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Northern food insecurity

“We see a very, very bad and a very, very big problem,” Uche Nwankwo, Intern Professor at the Natural Resources Institute

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Hunger haunts three out of four households in northern Manitoba with some families going entire days without food, new research has found. Last summer a team of researchers from the University of Manitoba’s Natural Resources Centre surveyed 473 households in 14 communities across Manitoba’s north. They found a 75 per cent incidence of household food
Livestock

Cuba Frees Farmers To Sell To Havana Markets

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Cuba, yielding to public complaints, said June 11 it would allow farmers to sell more food directly to Havana’s often sparse produce markets, and also replaced the country’s agriculture minister. Farmers have long said the state failed to adequately move their produce to market, while consumers have complained food is often scarce and of poor
Livestock

S – for Jun. 10, 2010

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outh Africa’s food prices will rise gradually from 2011 partly as the economic recovery gains pace, increasing the likelihood of more protests, the Agricultural Business Chamber said June 2. Households, especially in the lower-income level, spend a large chunk of their income on food and higher food prices in recent years contributed to millions of
Country Crossroads

Butterflies: A Reminder Of Biodiversity’s Role

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Are nettles a thing of beauty? Every spr ing my mother bends over her flower garden yanking any greenery even slightly related to nettles. With a toss over her shoulder, these withering plants do not even get a parting glance. In her eyes these plants are downright ugly, even worse than quack grass. Who finds
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Make Your Habitat Wildlife Friendly

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If you’re like me, you love listening to the sweet song of birds or catching a glimpse of a brightly coloured butterfly fluttering by. There is so much beauty to enjoy in the natural world – and so much to benefit from, too. For instance, insects such as bees and butterflies are important worldwide for
Country Crossroads

A Lifetime Of Memories

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Camp season is fast approaching and parents may be making preparations for their children to attend. That’s a good thing. For several summers, almost 60 years ago, I attended a summer camp on the shores of Lake Winnipeg and the memories are with me still. I remember getting there. There would be a rallying place
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“Cuisine Of My Country” Hottest Trend In Culinary World

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Was last night’s supper cooked in a microwave or Crock-Pot? Then you’re part of a growing number of North Americans switching from the oven to small appliances to prepare meals. Do you eat at home most of the time? Contrary to popular thinking, Canadians continue to prepare and consume most of their meals at home.
Grain Markets

EU To Overhaul GM Crop System

BRUSSELS/REUTERS The European Union is to radically overhaul its approval system for genetically modified (GM) crops from next month, opening the way to large-scale GM cultivation in Europe, draft proposals showed. With most Europeans showing no appetite for GM produce in food, EU politicians have approved just two varieties for growing in 12 years, compared

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