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Grade 2 students from West St. Paul School took part in the third annual Super Chef Academy in Winnipeg last week, where they made food from recipes and learned about nutrition.

Kids and kitchens should mix

There was no such thing as too many cooks in the kitchen at Dairy Farmers of Manitoba’s Super Chef Academy

By Shannon VanRaes March 30, 2016

Eight-year-old Nathan Penner didn’t hesitate before answering a question that would stump many his age. “Milk comes from cows, everybody knows that,” he said while waiting to test some of the recipes he helped make during the third annual Super Chef Academy in Winnipeg March 16. Well, not everybody. His teacher, Elizabeth Walker, says kids

Opinion

Opinion: A prescription for the obesity epidemic

By Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs Science and Technology March 22, 2016

Excerpts from the introduction to “Obesity in Canada — A Whole-of-Society Approach for a Healthier Canada,” a report issued this month by the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology. There is an obesity crisis in this country. Canadians are paying for it with their wallets — and with their lives. But there

Country Crossroads

VIDEO: Small chefs, big ideas

Education heats up as kids get into the the kitchen

By Shannon VanRaes March 21, 2016

Grade 2 students from West St. Paul School take part in Super Chef Academy in Winnipeg, where they learned how to make healthy food from fresh ingredients. The academy was hosted by Nüton — a team of registered dietitians from Dairy Farmers of Manitoba who provide nutrition education resources and training for Manitoba educators — with nearly 200

Dow AgroSciences announced the launch of a new high-protein canola meal called ProPound at the Canadian Canola Council’s 49th annual conference held in San Diego on March 1.

Livestock, News

Coming soon to a hog barn near you

A new high-protein canola meal could reduce hog feed costs

By Jennifer Paige March 10, 2016

Dow AgroSciences used the Canola Council of Canada convention in San Diego to launch a new high-protein feed option for hogs made from canola meal. ProPound is designed to be a cost-effective replacement to soybean meal in hog and poultry feed. “ProPound represents a step change in the quality of canola meal,” said Dave Hickling,

Recipe Swap

Eating a variety of foods can be a victory for your health

Prairie Fare: Oatmeal Jam Squares

By Julie Garden-Robinson January 29, 2016

When I was young, my mom used to save the water from cooked vegetables and put it in soup. She also saved water from boiled potatoes if she was making bread the next day. The potato water contained starch to feed the yeast, so the bread turned out better with potato water, she said. We

Beef cattle, Livestock

Quality winter feed will promote a more successful calving season, says expert

For strong cows at calving time, MAFRD livestock expert says to focus on the  content of winter feed and keep your eye on the thermometer

By Jennifer Paige January 13, 2016

Having profitable calves next fall starts with not shortchanging their mothers now, a livestock extension specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives says. “Based on research conducted by the Western Beef Development Centre, reproduction is five times more important than growth rate and 10 times more important than carcass quality when it comes to

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No such thing as ‘bad’ foods

Top experts say labelling some foods 'bad' makes people want them even more

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff December 14, 2015

Nutrition experts attending the SINU (La Società Italiana di Nutrizione Umana) 36th national congress last week said singling out foods as being bad or good is counterproductive to healthy eating. “In the absence of specific medical contraindications, it is probably counterproductive to categorize a single food as a ‘bad’ food and establish rigid bans on

Elaine Sopiwnyk (l) and Ashok Sarkar have completed a year-long project looking at how to co-mill wheat and barley.

Cereals, Crops

Cigi looking to expand barley’s role

The ability to make barley-related health claims is helping drive the development of new, healthier flours

By Shannon VanRaes December 9, 2015

The term ‘barley sandwich’ is about to get a whole lot more literal. The Canadian International Grains institute, better known as Cigi, has completed a year-long project examining how blending barley into traditional wheat flour could improve both nutritional properties and milling performance. On its own, barley can be difficult to mill, often clumping and

Recipe Swap

Let’s focus on ‘more’ instead of less

Prairie Fare: Calico Beans Hotdish

By Julie Garden-Robinson November 27, 2015

They have biscuits and sausage gravy on the menu. I bet they know how to make it here,” my husband noted while we were travelling in a southern state. Sometimes restaurants cut up links instead of using ground meat, so the gravy is not flavoured throughout. As a server walked by with a steaming plate

Opinion

Agricultural interests object to healthy eating recommendations

By Daryll E. Ray, Harwood D. Schaffer November 2, 2015

Thomas Vilsack, secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Sylvia Burwell, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) appeared before the House Agriculture Committee on Oct. 7 to respond to criticism of the “Scientific Report of the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee” by members of the agriculture committee. Chief

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Tag Archives Nutrition

Kids and kitchens should mix

VIDEO: Small chefs, big ideas

Coming soon to a hog barn near you

Eating a variety of foods can be a victory for your health

Quality winter feed will promote a more successful calving season, says expert

No such thing as ‘bad’ foods

Cigi looking to expand barley’s role

Let’s focus on ‘more’ instead of less

Agricultural interests object to healthy eating recommendations

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