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Orange varieties to try (clockwise from top: navel orange, tangelo, blood orange, cara cara orange).
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It’s citrus season

Prairie Fare: This fruit family has more to offer than most can imagine

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January to March is citrus season, the time when North American oranges, lemons, grapefruit and limes are at their peak. Take full advantage of the season and explore all the citrus fruit offered in the produce aisle. To help you make the best of the season, here are some tips and recipes for you to
Try an unusual fruit, such as dragon fruit. It’s bright pink with green spines on the outside and white with tiny black seeds inside.
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Try an unusual fruit this season

Don’t just stick with apples and oranges, be adventurous with the food you buy

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What is that thing?” my husband asked, as he pointed at something in the produce aisle. “I have no idea,” I said as I walked slowly toward the bin of fruits. I reached out timidly to examine the bright-pink globular thing with green spines protruding from the sides and top. I was ready to pull
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Revisions in the works for Canada’s Food Guide

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Health Canada is planning changes to one of its key policy documents to reflect how Canadians’ diets are generally coming up short in vegetables, fruits, whole grains, milk and milk alternatives. At the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress in Montreal on Monday, the federal health department launched a 45-day public consultation on changes to Canada’s Food Guide,
Use your favourite apples to make this tasty recipe.
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How about some apple nachos?

Prairie Fare: There are many uses for the fruit from the old apple tree in the yard

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I plan to make apple nachos for dessert,” I said to my 18-year-old daughter, who was taking a break from college food that evening. She looked at me for a couple of seconds. I think she was deciding whether she heard me correctly. She likes nachos, but I think I threw her for a loop
(WineAustralia.com)
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Australia to hike tax on ‘backpacker’ workers

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Sydney | Reuters — Australia is set to increase taxes on foreign travellers who work in the country, raising concerns from farmers that their supply of “backpacker labour” at harvest times may dry up and undermine Australia’s ambitions of being Asia’s delicatessen. Australian fruit exports are set to hit a record A$2.27 billion (C$2.19 billion)
Report on wild food industry suggests the need for a co-operative
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Report on wild food industry suggests the need for a co-operative

The Woodlot Association of Manitoba recently investigated the potential to develop a 
wild food industry in the province’s 2.4 million acres of privately owned wooded land

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The Woodlot Association of Manitoba (WAM) says the province’s privately owned forests are a cornucopia of foods if entrepreneurs are willing to take a walk on the wild side. Following a number of interviews and public meetings, WAM has prepared a report that sees a bright future for wild food foraging and farming, in short,
Kiwifruit grower Mark Gardiner at his orchard near Hamilton, New Zealand.
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Ripe kiwifruit comes at a premium

One bad kiwifruit can spoil the consumer when it comes to marketing New Zealand’s namesake fruit

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Somehow, the name Chinese gooseberry didn’t quite fit the bill for a fruit grown in New Zealand. Was it a real gooseberry? Was it from China? Was it part of a communist plot to raise funds? Was it subject to berry tariffs or possibly a melon tax? These were the questions that plagued the furry
Honey, you shrank the fruit
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Honey, you shrank the fruit

Prairie Fare: Pumpkin Leather

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I think Dad may be drying socks in the dehydrator next,” our son said with a laugh. My husband rolled his eyes and glanced in my direction. I think he wanted me to defend him. Earlier this fall, I bought a new food dehydrator. We had a bumper crop of large apples, and our kids
Does an apple a day really keep the doctor away?
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Does an apple a day really keep the doctor away?

Prairie Fare: Microwave Apple Crisp for one and Apple Raisin Bread Pudding

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As I looked up at our apple tree with its big red apples, I was carried back in time to a memory of my children’s younger years. They usually help with the apple harvest if we have a good year. They have learned about a lot of things in the process. “I want to pick

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