A sweet success: Healing with honey

It took four litres of honey, 120 days of TLC and 92 bandage
changes, but this little filly is back on track

Our tragic story started on May 19, 2012 when a miniature horse named Eastside Acres Unicorn, raised by Don and Barb Glover of Boissevain had an unfortunate accident. The three-year-old filly was sent to Barb Mennie of Kemnay for some driving lessons. A few days into the training the filly had the accident which tore

Governments urged to tackle sharp commodity price swings

Governments must co-operate to tackle increasingly sharp swings in prices of commodities such as food, metals and oil, says a British think-tank. “Trade is becoming a front line for conflicts over resources — at a time when the global economy is more dependent than ever on trade in resources,” states a report from London-based Chatham


4-H Reports

The Co-operator will publish 4-H reports once a month. Reports can be submitted by the third week of the month by email to [email protected], by regular mail to 4-H Reports, c/o Manitoba Co-operator, 1666 Dublin Ave., Winnipeg, Man. R3H 0H1, or by fax to 204-954-1422. Rapid City Beef The club met at the Rapid City

High-calorie, high-fat “soul food” slammed

Diet of fried chicken, potatoes and gravy, barbecued ribs, and similar foods is taking a toll on health

Soul food is killing African-Americans at an alarming rate, according to a new film. “Soul Food Junkies,” which will air on Jan. 14 on U.S. public broadcasting television, examines how black cultural identity is linked to high-calorie, high-fat food such as fried chicken and barbecued ribs. In the deeply personal film, filmmaker Byron Hurt details






UN declared 2013 International Year of the Quinoa

It’s a highly nutritious grain and a cool-climate crop that could have played a more important role feeding a hungry world, had rice, wheat and corn not predominated. But in 2013 quinoa, (pronounced KEEN-wah), dubbed one of the “lost crops of the Incas,” or “poor man’s crop” could begin a comeback after centuries of relative



Letters, Jan. 3, 2013

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