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Vacation food safety

By Julie Garden-Robinson August 10, 2012

Bringing along food for in the car can cut costs but keep it cold “Remember that time when we were on a family vacation?” my teenage son began. He grinned at his sister. My teenage daughter immediately knew where he was headed with this conversation. She became a bit embarrassed and retorted: “I was little

Cereals, Country Crossroads, Recipe Swap

Recipe Swap: The benefits of barley

By Lorraine Stevenson August 10, 2012

How often do you add pot or pearled barley to your soups or stews, or bake with barley flour? Canadians don’t eat much barley — we consume it as beer, mostly — but that’s going to change as our perceptions of the food value of this crop start to shift, thanks to a new health

Opinion

St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church

By Edward Ledohowski August 10, 2012

The region south of Riding Mountain National Park has been described by historical geographers as  possessing the greatest concentration of eastern European-style churches on the North American continent

St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church is situated approximately 12 km northeast of Oakburn in the Dolyny district in the heart of the picturesque, rolling landscape of the province’s South Riding Mountain “pothole” region. In addition to its outstanding natural beauty, the region has been described by historical geographers as likely possessing the greatest

Cereals, Crops, News

Health Canada gives barley permission to boast about its health benefits

By Lorraine Stevenson August 10, 2012

Forget the apple — a few grams of barley will keep the doctor away. Health Canada has given its stamp of approval to the grain after years of research established that beta-glucan, a type of fibre found in barley, can reduce blood cholesterol, which is a risk factor for heart disease. “A health claim really

News

Cross-Canada tractor pull

By Shannon VanRaes July 30, 2012

Little house on the trailer: Couple travels across the nation to document  farmers’ stories and speak to city dwellers about rural issues

A crowd is forming in the downtown Winnipeg parking lot, but it can’t obscure what has sparked the interest — a small red tractor pulling a tiny farmhouse. For more than a year that tiny farmhouse — veranda included — has been home to John Varty and his fiancée Molly Daley. The couple is driving

News

Berlin gripped by family feud over sausages

July 30, 2012

Call it the battle of the bangers. A family feud over sausage succession rights is adding some spice to Berlin’s summer. After months of bitter legal wrangling with his mother, Mario Ziervogel opened a fast-food outlet serving Berlin’s famous dish, the currywurst: fried pork sausage sliced up and smothered in ketchup and curry powder. His

Country Crossroads, News

Stay hydrated, avoid overheating

By Julie Garden-Robinson July 30, 2012

You’d better come inside. You look sunburned,” my husband said earlier this season. “I’m just going to finish planting a couple of things, and then I’ll be done,” I replied. I was wearing sunscreen, and I wasn’t feeling really warm, either. In fact, I almost felt a little chilled. The day was very hot and

Country Crossroads, Recipe Swap

Recipe Swap: Chill, separate, clean and cook

By Lorraine Stevenson July 30, 2012

Many of us have a memory of a must-have food at family picnics. Ours was a particular sandwich made with Klik, lettuce and tomatoes, which we called “by the highway” sandwiches because they were usually eaten seated somewhere next to the open trunk of Dad’s Super ’88. They were always soggy by the time we

News, Opinion

Measuring food safety

By Ronald Doering July 30, 2012

How safe is our food? What is the economic cost of foodborne illness? How does Canada’s food safety performance compare to other countries? In spite of what you may have read recently, we don’t have clear answers to any of these questions, nor will we anytime soon. Not everything that counts can be counted, as

Forages, Livestock, News

Standing water can lead to drowned bees

By Shannon VanRaes July 30, 2012

Hot weather might be slowing some Manitobans down, but soaring temperatures have kept leafcutter bees flying high. “Leafcutter bees like the hot weather, more so than honeybees,” said David Ostermann, a pollination expert with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives. “Honeybees, if it gets too hot, will shut down, but leafcutters tend to keep going,”

Daily Network News

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Agriculture groups welcome seed, fertilizer approval bill

AAFC projects tighter canola stocks for 2026-27

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