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Innovative food processors get funding kick-starts

Growing Forward 2 funding aims to help this province’s unique processors  and agribusinesses grow, says provincial agriculture minister

By Lorraine Stevenson January 7, 2015

A small on-farm processor hoping to start selling milk in old-fashioned recyclable glass bottles is one of seven companies to receive Growing Forward 2 funding supporting investments in made-in-Manitoba food products. Dairy farmers Jim and Angie Appleby, who farm with Jim’s family near Steinbach are developing an on-farm micro-creamery to pasteurize and bottle milk and

Country Crossroads, Oilseeds

Canola and bees

RecipeSwap: Muesli Muffins with Almonds and Cranberries, Avocado Honey Veggie Wraps, and a Powerhouse Green Smoothie

By Lorraine Stevenson June 13, 2014

The minister in church last Sunday whimsically described the sight of bees flitting through his apple trees as “what heaven must be like” during his sermon. When canola begins to flower across Western Canada, those vast fields of yellow flowers must look like heaven to a bee too. Canola growers and the Canadian Honey Council

Phil Veldhuis, Vona Guiler and their children Jayna and Timmy are this year’s Red River Exhibition Farm Family of the Year.

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Honey farmers named Red River Ex Farm Family of the Year

Starbuck-area producers Phil Veldhuis and Vona Guiler embrace a modern model of Manitoba homesteading

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff June 12, 2014

Starbuck-area honey farmers Phil Veldhuis and Vona Guiler have been named the Red River Exhibition Association’s 2014 Farm Family of the Year. The couple, who with their children Timmy and Jayna operate Phil’s Honey, are the 49th Manitoba farm family to be honoured by the Red River Exhibition Association (RREA) since the award’s inception in

Country Crossroads, Recipe Swap

Recipe Swap: A $5 shopping spree

By Lorraine Stevenson December 16, 2013

I once spent the grand sum of $5 on Christmas presents. That was a lot of money to an eight- or nine-year-old in the 1960s. I remember feeling rich, and heading “uptown” to Hillman’s Hardware and Lawrence’s Solo Store in Newdale, to search for gifts for my family and friends. Five bucks covered it. I

Lorne Peters stands in front of photos of early Manitoba Co-operative Honey Producers Ltd. members, including his father Pete Peters.

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How sweet it is: Honey Co-op turns 75

By Shannon VanRaes December 16, 2013

From processing honey in a Victorian warehouse in downtown Winnipeg, to marketing  worldwide, Manitoba’s honey co-operative has grown into an international business

It may have been 75 years ago, but Edwin Hofer still remembers the excitement of delivering honey to the then newly formed honey co-operative at its imposing Bannatyne Avenue processing facility. “I would go into the old plant with my dad on Bannatyne… we took the honey in pails at that time, there was no

Opinion

It’s August — take a nap

By Alan Guebert August 21, 2012

One part of every day on the southern Illinois dairy farm of my youth was inviolate: the noon nap; nearly everyone took one. We didn’t rest very long, just 30 minutes or so, because the farm work never rested long. The naps, however, were as integral a part of our farm routine as the big,

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,”

Livestock, News

BEES: Strong colonies this spring

By Shannon VanRaes June 8, 2012

Last summer was a honey of a year for Manitoba beekeepers, but strong colonies this spring could mean bee swarms will be an issue this summer. “Generally the colonies came through the winter better than normal,” said provincial apiarist, Rhéal Lafrenière. “More colonies survived, with less mortality and many beekeepers are reporting good, strong colonies

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Bees Make A Buzz At The Forks Market

October 6, 2011

Jim Campbell of the Manitoba Beekeepers Association (centre) sets up a display at the ManitobaHoneyShowatTheForksMarketinWinnipeg.P hoto: ShannonVanRaes By Shannon VanRaes Co-operator staff Kids and adults alike swarmed the Manitoba Honey Show early this fall, as apiarists took the opportunity to share their honey and insights. The bees are important to Manitoba, said Ray Hourd, owner

Livestock

Bees Still Busy

September 29, 2011

have facilitated greater honey production. The die-offs didn t seem to hold back overall production this year, Lafreniere noted. This year because of the way the canola bloomed at different times, many people have had three and in some cases four rounds. He added that last year s honey production fell at the low end

Alberta crop conditions improve: report

U.S. grains: Corn sets contract lows on expectations for big US crop

U.S. livestock: Cattle strength continues

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Alberta crop conditions improve: report

U.S. grains: Corn sets contract lows on expectations for big US crop

U.S. livestock: Cattle strength continues

Tag Archives Honey — page 4

Innovative food processors get funding kick-starts

Canola and bees

Honey farmers named Red River Ex Farm Family of the Year

Recipe Swap: A $5 shopping spree

How sweet it is: Honey Co-op turns 75

It’s August — take a nap

Standing water can lead to drowned bees

BEES: Strong colonies this spring

Bees Make A Buzz At The Forks Market

Bees Still Busy

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