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Are you taking steps to ensure safe fruits and vegetables are in your kitchen?

Prairie Fare: Asian-style Cobb Salad and B.L.A.T. Wrap with Bacon Mayo

By Julie Garden-Robinson September 25, 2015

Are the cucumbers at the store safe? Have any recent foodborne illness outbreaks occurred with spinach, peppers or lettuce? Lately, you might have heard or read about a recall of cucumbers imported from Mexico that reached various U.S. restaurants and retail stores. At the time of this column, 341 people in 30 states were sickened

Spotted wing drosophila (SWD) is a vinegar (fruit) fly of East Asian origin that can damage many crops by piercing healthy fruit and laying its eggs.

Crops, News

Spotted Wing Drosophila an unwelcome visitor to fruit farms this summer

MAFRD began monitoring for SWD in 2013 and this is the worst year yet, say provincial fruit crops specialist

By Lorraine Stevenson July 31, 2015

Altona-area fruit grower Waldo Thiessen knew what was wrong immediately when his U-pick customers started calling back a few hours after their first day in his raspberry patch in mid-July. “They said they’d started to make jam, and, well, there was a lot of protein (in the raspberries),” he said. It was larvae of spotted

Chris Siow, a research scientist at the Canadian Centre for Agri-Food Research in Health and Medicine is studying the health benefits of lingonberries.

Country Crossroads, Local news

Wild or farmed? Lingonberries seek place in Manitoba agriculture

Tiny, tart and full of goodness, Manitoba’s wild lingonberries are even healthier than those grown in other areas

By Shannon VanRaes July 22, 2015

Today they belong to the category often labelled as “superfoods,” but Dave Buck has always known that lingonberries were good tasting and nutritious. “I grew up in the bush,” he said. “And I can remember when I was young, my parents would pick the berries, they’d juice them. We’d have juice at Christmas and then

doctor holding apples and medicinal pills

Did you know?

An apple a day keeps the (pharmacist) away

Apple eaters make just as many visits to the doctor, but take fewer pills

By JAMA Network Journals April 13, 2015

Turns out, an apple a day won’t keep the doctor away but it may mean you will use fewer prescription medications, according to an article published online by JAMA Internal Medicine. The apple has come to symbolize health and healthy habits. But can apple consumption be associated with reduced health-care use because patients who eat

Crops

USDA report says no risk from pesticide residues

By Carey Gillam, GFM Network News December 22, 2014

Reuters — More than half of food tested by the U.S. government for pesticide residues last year showed detectable levels of pesticides, though most were within levels the government considers to be safe, according to a report issued Dec. 19 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The USDA looked at fresh and processed fruits and

Crops

Ukraine appeals to WTO over Russian ban on fruit, vegetable imports

By GFM Network News October 23, 2014

Kiev | Reuters –– Ukraine has complained to the World Trade Organization (WTO) about a decision by Russia to ban imports of fruit and vegetables from the country, the agriculture ministry said Thursday. The ban, which came into force Wednesday, was the latest trade barrier erected by Russia in a trade and sanctions war linked

Crops, News

Tomato genome project bears fruit

By Kate Kelland June 8, 2012

An international team of scientists has cracked the genetic code of the domesticated tomato and its wild ancestor, an achievement which should help breeders identify the genes needed to develop tastier and more nutritious varieties. The full genome sequence of a tomato breed known as Heinz 1706, and a draft sequence for its closest wild

News

Full steam ahead for Portage food processor

By Lorraine Stevenson April 30, 2012

The founder of a Portage la Prairie company that uses culled fruits and veggies for baby foods, soups and other foods expects to create 60 new jobs after receiving a $2.5-million federal government loan. Kelly Beaulieu said her company, Canadian Prairie Garden Purée Products, will also utilize large amounts of “less than eye perfect” fruits

Country Crossroads, Recipe Swap

Recipe Swap, April 26, 2012

By Lorraine Stevenson April 30, 2012

A Winnipeg home economist and founder of Fruit Share has just released a new book on harvesting, preserving and using locally grown fruits that includes 150 recipes

More fruits of her labour As a little girl, Getty Stewart loved all the fresh fruit growing on her parents’ farm in Germany. After emigrating to Canada with her family, she quickly learned to love the taste of Prairie-grown fruit too. Later living in Winnipeg, she continued to buy local fruit at farmers’ markets and

Country Crossroads, News

Fruits of our labour

By Marilyn Goertzen April 20, 2012

Gardening can be a rewarding experience. First we till, preparing the seedbed. We carefully plan, sow the seed and mark the rows. We expect our vegetables to grow where we have planted them. Some years the rain and sunshine come in just the right amounts. When we get too much rain or not enough, it

Daily Network News

How we’re tracking avian flu’s toll on wildlife across North America

Case IH reveals new Optum tractor at Agritechnica 2025

B.C. ostriches culled, CFIA confirms

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