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Eating a variety of foods can be a victory for your health

Prairie Fare: Oatmeal Jam Squares

By Julie Garden-Robinson January 29, 2016

When I was young, my mom used to save the water from cooked vegetables and put it in soup. She also saved water from boiled potatoes if she was making bread the next day. The potato water contained starch to feed the yeast, so the bread turned out better with potato water, she said. We

Country Crossroads, Recipe Swap

Sleep deprivation can affect health

Prairie Fare: Chicken and Biscuits Pot Pie

By Julie Garden-Robinson January 22, 2016

Mom, your feet shook!” my 12-year-old daughter said with a laugh. “What was that, anyway?” I asked groggily with wide-open eyes. She had dropped a heavy book on the wood floor near me to awaken me. The loud thump certainly worked. I’m lucky my family didn’t need a defibrillator because I nearly had a heart

News

Canadians will pay more for food in 2016, U of G report says

Major trends influencing food purchases will include quest  for non-meat proteins, demand for supply chain transparency and ongoing concern about animal welfare

By Lorraine Stevenson January 18, 2016

A new report from the University of Guelph’s Food Institute predicts consumers will pay an additional $345 on their food bill this year. That’s an increase over the $325 additionally paid for food in 2015 when a low Canadian dollar saw price increases for many food products, but especially meats, fruits, nuts and vegetables, the

Local news

Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries bets on local food

Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries dedicates 25 per cent of food budget to local food purchasing

By Lorraine Stevenson January 11, 2016

Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries doubled the amount of local food it bought to serve in restaurants at its two Winnipeg casinos’ restaurants this year, now dedicating 25 per cent of its annual $4-million food budget to local food purchasing. The food is served at its restaurants at Club Regent and McPhillips Station where approximately 9,000

Pulses, Recipe Swap

2016 is International Year of Pulses

Recipe Swap: Avocado Chickpea Salad Sandwiches, Lentil Macaroni And Cheese and The Ultimate Can‘Eh’dian Salad

By Lorraine Stevenson January 8, 2016

A new year always begins with resolve to eat better, shed a few pounds, and become healthier. 2016 just might be the year more make good on those intentions. The United Nations has declared 2016 International Year of Pulses (IYP) to get people around the world rethinking a healthy diet — for the good of

Did you know?, News

Save the planet: Eat more bacon, less lettuce

Vegetables use more resources and produce more  greenhouse gases per calorie

By Carnegie Mellon University December 29, 2015

Contrary to recent headlines — and a talk by actor Arnold Schwarzenegger at the United Nations Paris Climate Change Conference — eating a vegetarian diet could contribute to climate change. In fact, according to new research from Carnegie Mellon University, following the USDA recommendations to consume more fruits, vegetables, dairy and seafood is more harmful

Recipe Swap

I pledge not to be a sloth this winter

Prairie Fare: Chicken (Or Turkey) and Cranberry Salad

By Julie Garden-Robinson December 24, 2015

Through the years, I have worked with numerous “super-fit” student interns, graduate students and program assistants. They arrive at work bright eyed and report that they ran five miles, swam laps for an hour or biked several miles earlier that morning. Some of them exercise regardless of how cold the weather is. I look at

Animal industry efficiency and environmental sustainability are improving.

Livestock

Livestock sector has multi-faceted plan to tackle climate changes

The industry is tackling the challenge — and its critics — by being proactive

By Alex Binkley December 22, 2015

The climate change conference in Paris brought together world leaders and countless economic organizations vowing to improve the environment. Among them was the International Meat Secretariat, which represents livestock and meat groups. Jurgen Preugschas, former chairman of the Canadian Pork Council, is chairman of the IMS Sustainable meat committee. “We are working together with many

Russell Bird (r) and father-in-law Ron Yoneda took on the world — with bacon sushi.

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Our bacon ambassador does Alberta proud

Weirdly wonderful dishes shine a light on bacon's culinary versatility

By Dianne Finstad December 21, 2015

Bacon is getting a whole new sizzle on the gourmet scene these days — would you believe chocolate bacon Fudgsicles? — and Russell Bird is making sure Alberta gets its due. The Sherwood Park man represented his country in the bacon category at the World Food Championships in Florida last month and reports things have

Recipe Swap

Try singing the ’12 ways to health’ song

Prairie Fare: Apple Smiles

By Julie Garden-Robinson December 18, 2015

Mom, they just played that song!” my 12-year-old said. I think she wanted us to change the radio station. “That was a different singer, though. I think everyone likes it, so they play it a lot,” I said as we listened to the radio station that plays all holiday music. Soon one of her favourites

Daily Network News

U.S. Supreme Court rejects Trump’s global tariffs

Canada needs an agriculture strategy to rebuild trust with producers, investors and trade partners: report

How China plans to dominate global trade long after Trump

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