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Mozart and mood lighting, a healthy prescription for chickens?

Combined with probiotics, it all adds up to a reduced need for drugs

By Gavin Maguire, Naveen Thukral June 1, 2015

In barns filled with classical music and lighting that changes to match the hues outside, rows of chickens are fed a diet rich in probiotics, a regimen designed to remove the need for the drugs and chemicals that have tainted the global food chain. As food giants face growing pressure to offer healthier produce, Southeast

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Manitobans invited to farm dinner with 3F theme – Farm, Fish & Forage

DIY Homesteader Festival includes contestant from Top Chef Canada

By DIY Homesteader Fest news release May 29, 2015

You can fight with the weeds in your garden or you can invite one of Canada’s top chefs to cook with them. That’s the perspective of DIY Homesteader Festival organizers who are capping this year’s festival on June 6 with a unique farm-to-table event featuring the best our farms, fishermen and foragers have to offer.

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Banana and bran recipes with appeal

Prairie Fare: Banana Bran Muffins and Mix-and-Bake Banana Walnut Streusel

By Julie Garden-Robinson May 22, 2015

I noticed a very ripe banana on the dresser. I had not put a banana on my dresser, but I got the hint. “I could smell that banana from the hallway,” my husband said. I had been unpacking my suitcase after a trip out of state, and I had not unpacked the conference bag we

two women standing with decorative tractor quilt

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Let’s cover rural Manitoba with ‘barn quilts,’ say Ag Museum staff

Inspired by other barn quilt trails of southern Ontario and Iowa, staff with the Manitoba Agricultural Museum at Austin hung out their own barn quilt on Mother’s Day and are working with other communities to piece together a map of where more will eventually be found

By Lorraine Stevenson May 22, 2015

Eunice and Doug Pratt were heading south through Iowa for a U.S. holiday when they spotted the first ‘barn quilt’ — a brilliant-coloured quilt block affixed to the front of a barn. But it wasn’t made with fabric. It was a large, colourful wooden eight-foot-square painted replica of a quilt block, and one of many

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Leftover breakfast cereal? Think outside the box and save money, reduce waste

Prairie Fare: Crunchy Chicken Nuggets

By Julie Garden-Robinson May 15, 2015

As I perused my cupboards and storage pantry the other day, I found several boxes of cereal. Some were unopened and some had folded-down wrappers with half of the contents waiting to be devoured. Does this sound familiar to anyone? I don’t think my family is alone in having some half-full cereal boxes in our

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Decorating your home with white need not be boring

Here’s some tips to create a warm and relaxing room

By Connie Oliver May 15, 2015

Do you need to create a serene oasis in your home to get away from the busyness of life? A white-on-white palette is calming and subdued and easy on the eyes. To keep it from feeling too institutional, follow some of these suggestions: Choose a warm white A stark white with blue undertones can make

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Safe food preservation advice comes early this year

Prairie Fare: Poached Turkey Salad with Fennel, Kale and Cashews

By Julie Garden-Robinson May 8, 2015

We have reached the time of year when church potlucks are plentiful and garages are cleared out to become open-air dining rooms for graduation parties. No one wants a special event with bountiful food and numerous guests to become a recipe for disaster. Unfortunately, food prepared or stored unsafely can cause illness or even death.

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How to manage splurges at big-box food stores

Prairie Fare: Avocado Egg Scramble

By Julie Garden-Robinson May 1, 2015

Are we going to buy a pallet of baked beans today?” my husband teased. I grabbed the handle of the van-sized grocery cart and began strolling through the towers of food in the warehouse where food is sold in bulk quantities. I put a large bag of avocados in my cart even though I had

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Beer from bread that never became a sandwich

A Brussels brewery is making beer out of stale bread to reduce waste

By Robert-jan Bartunek April 27, 2015

A small Brussels-based brewery has embarked on a project to make beer from leftover bread, harking back to antiquity, when bread, rather than barley, was the main ingredient. The idea for brewing with bread came when 31-year-old Frenchman Sebastien Morvan talked to a friend about food waste, specifically the bread thrown away because supermarkets, eager

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Grilled asparagus adds variety, nutrition to menu

Prairie Fare: Grilled Asparagus

By Julie Garden-Robinson April 24, 2015

I noticed the thick bunches of asparagus at a grocery store and the sight of the green stalks carried me right back to my childhood. In the early summer, with paper bags in hand, my dad and I hunted for asparagus near our home. We walked about one-half mile to an asparagus patch in a

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Canadian GDP growth slow down expected in 2026, FCC says

Tag Archives Hospitality/Recreation

Mozart and mood lighting, a healthy prescription for chickens?

Manitobans invited to farm dinner with 3F theme – Farm, Fish & Forage

Banana and bran recipes with appeal

Let’s cover rural Manitoba with ‘barn quilts,’ say Ag Museum staff

Leftover breakfast cereal? Think outside the box and save money, reduce waste

Decorating your home with white need not be boring

Safe food preservation advice comes early this year

How to manage splurges at big-box food stores

Beer from bread that never became a sandwich

Grilled asparagus adds variety, nutrition to menu

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