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Crops, Pulses

Project shows link between healthy soils and healthy people

A unique project is improving nutrition and incomes through better farming practices

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A little yellow seed is sprouting big changes for farming families here in the Great Rift Valley, within reach of the Hawassa University extension services. Chickpeas grown as a double crop after maize are boosting families’ nutrition, providing extra income and helping improve the soils. Farmers here have traditionally grown one crop of maize, tef
While some may think sitting is ideal, there are actually many health risks to a sedentary lifestyle.
Country Crossroads, Recipe Swap

Do you sit most of the day?

Prairie Fare: No-Bake Snack Mix

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I was anticipating food at a “breakfast meeting” and I was correct. Food is not available at every meeting I attend, so it is a welcome treat. I skipped breakfast in anticipation. When I arrived, I eyed the tray of caramel rolls and cinnamon rolls. I was kind of hungry. I opted for the cinnamon
Betty Tembo
Crops, International news

Increasing food security and nutrition

More families are eating better food more often

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Who would have thought cooking could be so tasty — oh, and nutritious too? As we sat in the shade of a tree outside the Tiyanjane Co-op Society Ltd., members of the cooking subgroup explained through an interpreter how they once looked upon soybeans as a cash crop, not something they could eat. Now they
How much protein do you need?
Country Crossroads, Recipe Swap

How much protein do you need?

Prairie Fare: Slow-Cooker-Shredded Salsa Chicken Tacos

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The other day, I was at the hair salon with my eyes closed and head propped over a sink. I was so relaxed that I was ready to take a power nap. Unfortunately, I could not help but overhear a discussion by strangers at the sink next to me. They were talking about their diets.
tuna steak on a plate
Did you know?

Mediterranean diet cuts heart disease risk

You don’t have to live in Greece — a Prairie version is available

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Greeks might be in debt, but their hearts are in good shape, according to a study released at American College of Cardiology’s 64th Annual Scientific Session in San Diego. Ekavi Georgousopoulou and Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos of Harokopio University in Athens studied a group of more than 2,500 Greek adults, ages 18 to 89, who closely
Craig Price
Beef cattle, Livestock

Message to cattle producers: Don’t cut back on BSE testing

The latest BSE case only increases the need for Canada to test 30,000 animals yearly

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Keep calm and carry on testing. That’s the message going out to producers following the latest case of BSE in an Alberta cow. “At times like this, it’s as important, if not more so, to continue with surveillance and be vigilant,” Canadian Food Inspection Agency official Craig Price told attendees at the recent Alberta Beef
omelette
Opinion

Editorial: Have an omelette — cooked in butter

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Many farmers bristle at the name Michael Pollan, the author of Omnivore’s Dilemma, and Cooked, two books which are not friendly to what he would call “big agriculture.” But leaving disagreements on issues such as organic food and GMOs aside, farmers might have to give Pollan credit for his dictum on eating properly: “Eat food.
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News

Forget everything you ever heard about eating fat

Historic U.S. and U.K. dietary advice on fats ‘should not have been introduced’

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National U.S. and British advice for citizens to cut fat consumption to reduce heart disease lacked any solid trial evidence to back it up, and “should not have been introduced,” concludes research in a journal published in conjunction with the British Medical Journal and the U.K. National Cardiovascular Society. Dietary guidelines issued in 1977 and
Vegetable soup
Country Crossroads, Recipe Swap

Mind your portions this winter

Try this warm and hearty Vegetable Soup recipe to curb your appetite

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Did you know your breed has a tendency to become overweight?” I asked our dachshunds. If they had replied verbally, I might have fainted. Instead, they looked at me with pleading eyes, and then they turned their attention to the plates I was carrying. Their sharp noses could detect the traces of food on the
Janet Smith, program manager with Manitoba Farm and Rural Support Services and Leanne Brackenreed, councillor with Manitoba Farm and Rural Support Services accept the $10,000 donation from Derrall Farmer, managing partner with the Western Financial Group and Earl Martin, account executive with the Western Financial Group. [Martin (l to r), Smith, Brackenreed, Farmer]
Local news

New app launched to assist farmers in combating stress

The new tool helps farmers understand stress and offers strategies for increasing resiliency

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Citing repeated floods in some parts of the province, Farm and Rural Support Services of Manitoba has launched a new web-based application to help farmers manage stress. “Working with the Manitoba Farm and Rural Support Services Manitoba, I have seen a definite need for this service,” said Janet Smith, program manager with Farm and Rural

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