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U.S. organic growers appeal court ruling

By Carey Gillam April 15, 2012

A group of U.S. family farmers said March 28 it is appealing its lawsuit against Monsanto Co. to challenge the company’s patents on technologies for genetically modified seeds. The group of organic farmers and seed dealers says its industry is at risk from Monsanto’s growing market dominance. “Farmers are under threat. Our right to farm

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Food assessment gives St. Vital residents food for thought

By Food Matters Manitoba Release March 29, 2012

Report looks at regional challenges and offers insight Residents in St. Vital are biting off a mouthful of food issues from the recent St. Vital Community Food Assessment. The report, funded by the Winnipeg Foundation and the Province of Manitoba, was conducted by Food Matters Manitoba and its partners in St. Vital. The assessment takes

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Strategic plan sought to secure future of food and the farm

By Lorraine Stevenson March 14, 2012

Late winter was historically the time of the “hunger moon.” The larder of winter food was low and people waited anxiously for the land to produce again. People could only dream of a time when they would not have to worry they had enough. In Canada “Food Freedom Day” a designation of Canadian Federation of

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Buckwheat snack food impresses at food show

By Lorraine Stevenson January 27, 2012

A new made-in-Manitoba snack food has been named one of the top 12 natural foods at an international gourmet food show in San Francisco. Buckshots, a roasted buckwheat snack, may have vaulted the crop from obscurity to significant new interest, too. Many of the Canadian, American, and global buyers attending the 2012 Winter Fancy Food

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Candidates Debate Food Issues

By Shannon VanRaes September 22, 2011

Candidates in Manitoba s provincial election risked eating their words earlier this month, at a debate on food-related election issues in downtown Winnipeg. Troy Osiname, Liberal candidate for Seine River, Gord Mackintosh, NDP candidate for St. Johns and Kelvin Goertzen, Progressive Conservative candidate for Steinbach fielded questions from Food Matters Manitoba and members of the

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Canada Needs Food Policy

May 5, 2011

More than 3,500 Canadians have tabled a document calling for a national food policy that emphasizes domestic food systems, more farmers, and initiatives such as school lunch programs. CalledResetting the Table: A People’s Food Policy for Canada, the document is the first national food policy proposal to emerge from this country’s growing food movement. The

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Agriculture Gets Low Budget Profile

By Alex Binkley March 24, 2011

With commodity prices soaring and the federal government negotiating with the provinces on a new version of Growing Forward, no one expects agriculture to rate much more than mention in passing in the March 22 budget. A recent Agriculture Canada forecast predicted generally rosy conditions for most sectors of Canadian agriculture going forward as food

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Healthy Habits Should Start Young

March 10, 2011

The Chronic Disease Prevention Initiative (CDPI) is a provincial government program designed to help Manitobans combat the three major risk factors that lead to chronic disease: smoking, physical inactivity and unhealthy eating. Sandy Lake resident Beatrice Hosmann, who grew up in Switzerland, feels that learning to prepare food to sustain ourselves in a healthy manner

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Truth In Labelling

By Alan Guebert February 3, 2011

When a nearby national grocery chain hosted a beef sale last summer, this carnivore grabbed his chequebook and motored to the store’s meatcase as fast as the Exploder’s worn wheel bearings allowed. I was greeted with a ruby wave of shrink-wrapped beef loins sporting stickers that announced their Angus origins. Nowhere, however, could I find

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Golden Carrots Lure Out Great Food Stories

October 28, 2010

If you need reminding that a whole lot of people care about their food, sit in on the Golden Carrots some time. This special ceremony is held each October at the Manitoba legislature, to kick off World Food Day and honour resourceful Manitobans who, in one way or another, are making the production, provision and

Field-by-field mapping could improve yield, productivity predictions

U.S. grains: Corn futures edge up, soybeans sag on improving US crop ratings

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures up, hogs mixed

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Field-by-field mapping could improve yield, productivity predictions

U.S. grains: Corn futures edge up, soybeans sag on improving US crop ratings

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures up, hogs mixed

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U.S. organic growers appeal court ruling

Food assessment gives St. Vital residents food for thought

Strategic plan sought to secure future of food and the farm

Buckwheat snack food impresses at food show

Candidates Debate Food Issues

Canada Needs Food Policy

Agriculture Gets Low Budget Profile

Healthy Habits Should Start Young

Truth In Labelling

Golden Carrots Lure Out Great Food Stories

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