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Jeff Eastman is MAFRD’s new small-farm development specialist. His office is based at the University of Manitoba’s Livestock Knowledge Centre. Teulon-based MAFRD business development specialist Jayne Kjaldgaard is Manitoba’s new specialist to work with small-scale processors.

New production and processing specialists’ positions assigned

The new extension positions will be focused on reducing the intimidation factor for startup businesses

By Lorraine Stevenson June 25, 2015

One of the most intimidating aspects of direct marketing a farm-grown product is knowing the rules for safe food handling and other regulatory and production requirements. Last week, the province announced it has reassigned two business development specialists with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development staff to roles that will avail them to processors and

Local news

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.

Local news

Get Fresh food event attracts new faces to local producers

Businesses and schools looking to buy local can face many challenges, including not knowing who can supply them with what they need

By Shannon VanRaes April 17, 2015

Wondering who can supply you with local berries in January? Or maybe you’re looking for pasture-raised pork for your home economics class? Or perhaps you’re looking for someone who needs local oats year round? Thanks to Get Fresh, a networking event hosted by Food Matters Manitoba, producers and purchasers are now better able to answer

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Purée producer a finalist for prestigious prize

Supporters can vote for Kelly Beaulieu, founder of Canadian Prairie Garden Puree Products Inc., who was chosen as as a finalist for a food product award in  California earlier this winter

By Lorraine Stevenson April 17, 2015

Manitoba’s Kelly Beaulieu, founder and chief operating officer of Canadian Prairie Garden Puree Products Inc., has been nominated for a prestigious 2015 Nexty Award. Beaulieu became a finalist after her line of vegetable, fruit and legume purées was chosen out of more than 3,000 exhibitors attending the Natural Products Expo West in Anaheim California in

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Foodies and food developers to have new space available

Made-in-Manitoba food producers have another commercial kitchen option in Winnipeg

By Shannon VanRaes April 2, 2015

What do you get when you mix local food, a historic building and 7,000 pounds of brand-spanking-new equipment? Answer: the Kitchen Sync. Surveying freshly delivered ranges, ovens and other implements, owner Sheila Bennett explains that “first and foremost, Kitchen Sync is a professional licensed kitchen rental.” But its aim is to provide a creative development

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Celebrating 20 years of direct farm marketing in Manitoba

Organizers of the Direct Farm Marketing conference see even more growth over the next five years

By Jennifer Paige March 25, 2015

Selling products directly off the farm is nothing new — for as long as crops have been grown, farmers have sold the fruits of their labour to friends, family and neighbours. But today there’s increasing demand from other consumers to buy directly from farmers, which was reflected in the themes at the 20th anniversary of

Country Crossroads

Food product developers search for inspected, equipped kitchens

Churches, halls, Legions can rent space for food product developers

By Lorraine Stevenson March 20, 2015

Temi Akindipe has lived in Canada a long time, but never stopped missing the taste of a sweet, dense pan bread popular back home. She knew fellow West Africans living in Manitoba missed it too. That’s why this nurse by profession decided to become baker and sell the Lagos Loaf. She now turns out hundreds

Crops, International news

Increasing food security and nutrition

More families are eating better food more often

By Laura Rance-Unger March 19, 2015

Who would have thought cooking could be so tasty — oh, and nutritious too? As we sat in the shade of a tree outside the Tiyanjane Co-op Society Ltd., members of the cooking subgroup explained through an interpreter how they once looked upon soybeans as a cash crop, not something they could eat. Now they

Workshop participants will learn how to put this diagram of pork cuts into practice.

Hogs, Local news

Food Matters goes for a whole-hog event

Consumers get the chance to butcher a pig and visit farms, as demand for in-depth, hands-on knowledge grows

By Shannon VanRaes March 13, 2015

If enthusiasts of local food felt their social calendars were a little light this spring, they were right. After seven successful years, the annual Growing Local conference has been put on ice as Food Matters Manitoba moves in new directions. “Growing local is on hiatus,” explained executive director Kreesta Doucette, adding that a decrease in

Country Crossroads, Local news

Local food demand increasing the value of direct marketing

The Direct Farm Marketing Conference marks its 20th anniversary at its meeting in Brandon

By Lorraine Stevenson March 10, 2015

Forget the stereotype of the elderly farmer selling some garden surplus or a few jars of homemade pickles at the Saturday morning farmers’ market. Vendors selling homegrown vegetables, preserves and meat today are just as likely to be their energetic and technically savvy grandkids — or at least their age. Their small businesses aren’t just

Daily Network News

Selling GMO tomato seeds to Canadian gardeners ‘reckless’ say advocates

U.S. grains: Wheat recovers on short covering, soy continues to fall

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures lower on falling beef prices, selling

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New production and processing specialists’ positions assigned

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

Get Fresh food event attracts new faces to local producers

Purée producer a finalist for prestigious prize

Foodies and food developers to have new space available

Celebrating 20 years of direct farm marketing in Manitoba

Food product developers search for inspected, equipped kitchens

Increasing food security and nutrition

Food Matters goes for a whole-hog event

Local food demand increasing the value of direct marketing

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