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Kalynn Spain, founder of Small Farms Manitoba hosted the organization’s second annual conference in Brandon on Saturday, January 23.
Country Crossroads, Local news

Small Farms Manitoba marks second anniversary

Small Farms Manitoba has a busy year ahead with a number of initiatives on the agenda, including website upgrades, strengthening industry relationships and the development of a food hub

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The founder of Small Farms Manitoba is hoping the organization can grow its membership and raise consumer awareness about locally produced foods. “Marketing yourself individually is important but we are also a community and a network and the bigger we can promote this across Manitoba, we can inform more consumers about the small-scale movement and
The CAPI report identifies consumer issues about food that include health, nutrition, food safety, sustainability, ethics, food security and reliability of supply.
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The ultimate consumers’ choice award

Significant change is needed throughout the sector to secure Canada’s future global competitiveness

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If farmers and food manufacturers want to be ranked world leaders, then they have to prove to Canadian consumers they deserve that status, says the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute. In the final report out of a process charting the industry’s future growth that began last fall, CAPI said the sector should consider setting a goal
Eating closer to home, wiser use of food helps curb the food bill
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Eating closer to home, wiser use of food helps curb the food bill

By choosing Canadian-grown food most of the time, 
we’re not as vulnerable to exchange rate increases and volatility

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Your grocery bills may be making you wince a little right now. The sticker shock could last awhile. The sinking loonie is expected to keep the price of food, particularly imported foods like fruits, vegetables and nuts high this year. A recent report out of University of Guelph’s Food Institute estimates the average Canadian household
Butter in dish
Local news

Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries bets on local food

Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries dedicates 25 per cent of food budget to local food purchasing

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Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries doubled the amount of local food it bought to serve in restaurants at its two Winnipeg casinos’ restaurants this year, now dedicating 25 per cent of its annual $4-million food budget to local food purchasing. The food is served at its restaurants at Club Regent and McPhillips Station where approximately 9,000
Alonsa Community School students have been finding out what a super food kale is and learning different ways we can eat it.
Crops, Local news

Tiny school turns school turf to gardens and orchards

Conservation Champions: Alonsa Community School has transformed its school lawn into an edible playground

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It’s not unusual to see classes held outdoors at Alonsa Community School. Students regularly eat their lunch there too. That’s because what they’re learning — and what they’re eating — comes from the school’s yard. Two years ago, this tiny school of 130 students decided to dig up part of the schoolyard lawn and fill
Female hands holding an aubergine
Local news

Small farmers considering their own organization

Nov. 24 meeting will explore how to best represent small-scale farms

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Small-scale producers who sell mostly direct to consumers will meet next week to decide whether they have enough in common to form a new Manitoba farm organization. A good turnout for the meeting Nov. 24 is expected, but it remains to be seen whether they can unify under an umbrella organization, one of the organizers
Food Fight winners for 2015: (l-r) Glenda Hart, Carly Minish and Cori Poon along with Agriculture Minister Ron Kostyshyn.
Local news

Food developers compete at Food Fight

Ten competitors squared off October 14 for prize money at annual Great Manitoba Food Fight

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Three Manitobans making speciality food products are this year’s prizewinners at the Great Manitoba Food Fight competition held in Winnipeg on October 14. Two women, both originally from the Swan River area, took home the gold and silver prizes. The third-place winner is owner of a Grand Marais company producing birch syrup. Cori Poon of
Female hands holding an aubergine
Comment, Crops, Livestock

Local food systems in Manitoba on the minds of young, small farmers

Agri-food policy must focus on more than economic development and food safety

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It’s an icy winter evening and I’m visiting at the kitchen table with Lydia, a fellow young farmer living near Dunrea, Man. Every so often we are distracted by the clickity-clack of hooves. There is a baby goat in a box by the coat rack. Its mother kicked it out, Lydia explains, and in this
Erin Gobeil (l) with her son, Kal-El and Nikki Dean (r) have volunteered to help run the Good Food Box pilot project.
Country Crossroads, Local news

Closing the gap between producer and consumer

Brandon’s Good Food Box project aims to be a venue for local residents to access locally grown produce

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A group of Brandon residents has stepped up to close the gap between food producers and people who struggle with food insecurity. A food assessment conducted earlier this year for the city of Brandon addressed a number of issues within the city’s food system. Following the assessment, a number of local residents stepped forward to
People are shopping farmers’ markets and joining food co-ops at record numbers because they enjoy knowing who grows their food.
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Big-box backlash one reason for growth in farmers’ markets

Once thought threatened, U.S. farmers’ market numbers have soared from 340 in 1971 to 8,268 in 2014

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More Americans than ever before are supporting their local food markets, and it’s not just because they believe the food is fresher and tastes better. According to a new University of Iowa study, people are shopping farmers’ markets and joining food co-ops at record numbers because they enjoy knowing who grows their food. These so-called

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