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Golden Carrots Lure Out Great Food Stories

If you need reminding that a whole lot of people care about their food, sit in on the Golden Carrots some time. This special ceremony is held each October at the Manitoba legislature, to kick off World Food Day and honour resourceful Manitobans who, in one way or another, are making the production, provision and
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Golden Carrots Awarded To Manitobans

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Agroup of dietitians who teamed up with farmers in south-central Manitoba this spring to serve a community supper have earned a “Golden Carrot” for their efforts. The South Central Manitoba Spring Supper Committee, which fed 250 a meal of Manitobagrown foods in Morden last March, were presented the award in the rural community food champion
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Newdale Official Manitoba Soil – for Jul. 29, 2010

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The Manitoba legislature officially approved Newdale soil as Manitoba’s provincial soil June 17. Cliff Cullen, MLA for Turtle Mountain, introduced and supported the designation through the legislature. Newdale Soil is a valuable soil of the eastern Prairies in a group known as Black Chernozems, which are dark, grassland soils. Manitoba has more Black Chernozems than
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Harry Enns Called A Consummate Politician

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“He understood the art of the possible.” – JIM DOWNEY It was 1996 and the Progressive Conservative government had just removed the central desk sales monopoly from the Manitoba Hog Producers Marketing Board. Hog farmers at a producer meeting in Selkirk were on their feet screaming abuse at Agriculture Minister Harry Enns, who engineered the
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Legal Protection For Councillors Sought

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“The fact that these lawsuits can occur goes against what municipal councillors are there for.” – STU BRIESE, MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Should municipal councillors, reeves and mayors have legal protection if someone tries to sue for something said during council meetings? Last fall at the Association of Manitoba Municipal convention a resolution passed
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Manitoba Women’s Institute Making A Difference

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“You brought forward issues that helped shape the world. You were the kind of organization that governments listened to.” – MINISTER OF FINANCE ROSANN WOWCHUK The tiny white spruce trees handed out at the Manitoba Women’s Institute convention last week are a fitting reminder of MWI’s contributions “for home and country” over the past century.
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Peak Does Damage Control

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Peak of the Market did some serious damage control late last week when it negotiated a so-called “cease fire” in what had come to be known as this province’s Potato Wars. The marketing agency for Manitoba’s potato and root crops was in an untenable position – under attack by a vocal coalition of locavores dedicated
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“…And This Is My Garden”

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“This connects the community and the school, and it is the hands-on commitment and the ownership that really draws the kids in and draws the families in.” – KATHARINA STIEFFENHOFER, Winnipeg FI LMMAKER OF “…AND THIS IS MY GARDEN.” The pepper plants are up in Mrs. Woitowicz’s classroom in Wabowden. So are the tomatoes. Planted
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Flax Is Fabulous For Food

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“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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In Brief… – for Feb. 11, 2010

New president: Gerald Grandmont of Leo’s Sales and Service Ltd., in Winnipeg, Manitoba was installed as president of the Canada West Equipment Dealers Association at the Canada West Annual Meeting Jan. 29. Leo’s Sales and Service Ltd., represents a complete line of Case IH lawn, garden, and farm equipment to the agricultural and consumer market.

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