Stone fruit like peaches and cherries are a hallmark of summer menus. Here are tips and recipes to get the most out of them while they're still in season.
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Welcome to stone fruit season
Whether you like them sweet or savoury, it’s time to enjoy seasonal peaches, nectarines and cherries
Shake up your grill game with fruit and veggies
It's not just protein that is elevated by the barbecue. If you haven't tried grilling fresh, seasonal fruits and veggies, you're missing out.
Next round of food safety, traceability funding open
Farmers and processors among businesses eligible for reimbursement on pre-approved equipment
Farmers, agri-food businesses in Manitoba can get government to foot part of the bill for food safety and traceability equipment under a new round of S-CAP funding.
Alternative protein sector eyes new horizons
Entrepreneurs give state of the industry update, outline what’s next
Satisfying customers and reducing biodiversity loss, water consumption and greenhouse gas emissions are all top priorities for today’s alternative protein industry. That’s what attendees heard during the “Feeding the Future with Alternative Proteins” online event hosted by Manitoba Agriculture May 23. Speakers delved into global trends in the sector and dissected experiences, challenges and opportunities
Comment: Healthy food needs corporate support
Big food companies can do more to create healthier food environments
Canada’s food environment makes it hard to eat healthy. Delicious, attractive but unhealthy foods are promoted, priced and placed for easy access and consumption. Meanwhile, companies and their shareholders have legally mandated profit-driven interests — interests that may not align with a desire to support public health and healthy eating among Canadians. We studied the
Adobo, manomin and the illegal perogy lady
Local food history book tells the stories of many cultures that call Manitoba home
Many small-town Manitobans have had a “perogy lady” in their lives. For me, it was a perogy couple. They were older, of Ukrainian heritage, and had a deal with my dad. He would trade half a deer’s worth of venison for butchering services. Sometimes the meat would come back with perogies, and those were the
Fava wins with new Protein Industries Canada project
A string of companies have signed on to boost plant protein, and fava beans are one of the stars
A new $24.5-million project backed by Protein Industries Canada (PIC) includes a group of plant protein companies working to tackle some of the sector’s biggest hurdles. The national cluster for protein is teaming up with Roquette, Prairie Fava, BioNeutra and Plant Up to improve innovation, come up with more diversified products and improve processes for
Opinion: Our protein problem
Sources should be evaluated head-to-head on a lifecycle basis and include contribution to human nutrition
Glacier FarmMedia – The world has a protein problem. To be more precise, it has a protein shortage problem. Once digestibility and amino acid balance are considered, there is actually less protein than what’s needed to satisfy human requirements. This shortage can only get worse in coming years with rising populations, a desire by a
Put Prairie pulses on your plate
Recipes: Pulse crops are a Prairie-grown nutrition powerhouse
Pulses are among the hidden treasures of the Prairies. Packed with protein, fibre and a wealth of health benefits, pulses like lentils, chickpeas, dry peas and dry beans are waiting to be discovered. Pulse versus legume The words pulse and legume are not interchangeable. Legume is the broad term for plants from the Fabaceae family.
Louis Dreyfus launches juice brand
The commodity giant will lean on its South American citrus production to source the European market
Reuters – Louis Dreyfus Company has launched its own juice brand. The product will first appear on shelves in France. The company hopes to use its orange production in Brazil to tap into demand for fresh and traceable fruit juices, the agricultural commodity group said March 12. LDC is a global trader and processor of
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