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CDC Triffid contamination on the decline

By Allan Dawson March 29, 2012

Officials from Canada’s flax industry are in Europe this week to brief government and industry officials on the progress Canada is making removing traces of CDC Triffid, a genetically modified (GM) flax, from Canadian flax. “It’s getting less and less frequent and less and less intense,” Flax Council of Canada president Will Hill said in

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Unpaid taxes a “management decision,” says Shape Foods part owner

By Daniel Winters March 23, 2012

On the City of Brandon’s tax arrears list, last updated Feb. 21, there were more than 100 properties listed as being behind on their property taxes — including $266,000 owed by Shape Foods. Jim Downey, a former Manitoba cabinet minister, who along with three other investors bought the flax-crushing and -bottling plant for $5.1 million

Crops, Oilseeds

Flax Could Build Better Cars Or Improve Health

July 7, 2011

Researchers at the University of Alberta have deciphered the genetic code for flax using a highly efficient sequencing procedure developed by the Beijing Genomics Institute. Canadian researchers now have the genetic information to accelerate improvements for flax and to identify ways to adapt this ancient plant to modern uses, said Mike Deyholos, project researcher with

Country Crossroads, Pulses

Old Cookbooks Interesting, Not Always Accurate

By Julie Garden-Robinson March 17, 2011

As I sorted through my cookbook col lect ion recently, I came upon one I had purchased at a museum. An Army Wife’s Cookbookwas filled with recipes and home remedies. From the book, I learned how to take care of a gunpowder burn with linseed oil and lime. (I hope I never need to use

Crops, Oilseeds

Potential Fantastic For Flax, Boosters Say

March 10, 2011

Flax, it seems, is the forgotten crop. Canadian acreage is declining and when farmers do grow the blue-flowered oilseed, it’s often the last crop to be planted, usually with fewer inputs than the rest. But boosters see lots of potential for flax because of its health attributes and mega-star endorsements. “When you have Oprah calling

Country Crossroads

Solutions For Your Household Problems – for Sep. 9, 2010

September 9, 2010

HiReena! Yesterday Icutfour piecesoflinoleum frommy grandmother’s abandoned farmhouse.The twobetterones arefromthe bedroomthat mybrotherand Isleptinmany weekendsduringourchildhood, sotheyarerathersentimentalto bothofus.Theshabbiertwoare fromherbedroomandareat least50yearsold.Doyouhave asuggestiontoproperlyclean them(mould,deteriorationand birddroppings)withouthaving themfallapart?Aswell,howcan theybeproperlypreservedand framed? –Angie Hi Angie, Oftentimes, people use the word linoleum when they really mean vinyl. Both products are composed very differently; linoleum is a natural product made with linseed oil while vinyl

Crops, Oilseeds

Field Testing For A New GM Flax Is Put On Hold

By Allan Dawson May 13, 2010

We’re not going to do anything that’s illicit. But I think research has to go on.” – RANDALL WESELAKE AUniversity of Alberta researcher has bowed to pressure from the flax industry and cancelled plans to conduct plot trials on a genetically modified flax this spring. Randall Weselake, the University of Alberta professor developing the new

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Flax Is Fabulous For Food

By Allan Dawson April 1, 2010

“Nobody else in the world can do it – take the oil, put it in a bottle and keep it stable for the period of time that we can.” – JIM DOWNEY Ask Jim Downey, CEO of Brandon-based Shape Foods, why he’s so energized and the former deputy premier and Progressive Conservative MLA for Arthur,

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CGC Hasn’t Found Any GM Flax In Pipeline — Yet – for Oct. 8, 2009

By Allan Dawson October 8, 2009

If there’s CDC Triffid or any other genetically modified (GM) flax in Canada’s grain pipeline the Canadian Grain Commission has yet to find it. “I don’t know how many samples they have run,” Flax Council of Canada president Barry Hall said in an interview Oct. 2. “They (CGC) have been working away diligently and they

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Tag Archives Linseed oil

CDC Triffid contamination on the decline

Unpaid taxes a “management decision,” says Shape Foods part owner

Flax Could Build Better Cars Or Improve Health

Old Cookbooks Interesting, Not Always Accurate

Potential Fantastic For Flax, Boosters Say

Solutions For Your Household Problems – for Sep. 9, 2010

Field Testing For A New GM Flax Is Put On Hold

Flax Is Fabulous For Food

CGC Hasn’t Found Any GM Flax In Pipeline — Yet – for Oct. 8, 2009

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