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Manitoba’s Small Scale Food Report is food for thought

A growing number of citizens is interested in buying food direct from the farm

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Many farmers are willing to sell a side of beef, a few dozen eggs or a bag of potatoes to their acquaintances. Farmers have been direct marketing since agriculture began and it is only in the last 50 years that direct farm to consumer sales have started to be questioned. Up until then, governments encouraged
Farmers like Karen Friesen, who are engaged in small-scale food processing and direct marketing, are encouraged that the province has committed to helping their sector prosper. Friesen and her husband Jonathan operate Valleyfield Acres near Morden, selling farm-raised vegetables and preserves.
Local news

Province promises new supports for smaller farmers and processors

The report says support to grow food-processing sector 
must extend to all sizes of players

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A new report aimed at supporting local producers and small-scale pro-cessors is being praised as an important step towards fostering a better working environment for new entrants to farming and food processing. Advancing the small scale, local food sector in Manitoba, a path forward, a 65-page report that includes 21 recommendations, was released last week
Local musician Del Barber sings about working farmers and rural life.  Photos: Meghan Mast

Country Crossroads, Local news

Agriculture enthusiasts descend on the town of Clearwater

Harvest Moon connects urban and rural folks through workshops, markets, concerts and more

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After his father dies, a man leaves his family cattle farm to work on the oil rigs in Alberta. He works part time so he can return to tend to his pastures, bale hay and maintain his herd. This story is all too familiar for many Prairie ranchers, but this particular one is from Del
Province, city recognize UN International Year of Family Farming
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Province, city recognize UN International Year of Family Farming

A flag honouring the family farm was raised at Winnipeg City Hall July 30

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Provincial and municipal leaders gathered at Winnipeg’s City Hall July 30 to raise a flag honouring the United Nations declaration of 2014 as the International Year of Family Farming. Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development Minister Ron Kostyshyn joined Brian Mayes, city councillor for St. Vital, to highlight the significance of family farming on a
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NDP develops national food strategy

The party is the first to deliver on a promise made by all three main federal parties

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Spurred on by the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, the three main political parties in the 2011 federal election campaign promised a national food strategy. Three years later, the New Democrats are the first national party to deliver a comprehensive plan to improve food production across the country and ensure all Canadians can afford it. The
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MLA wants red tape removed from farm group

Blaine Pedersen says the rules deter rural businesses

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A Manitoba Conservative MLA says it’s time to inject “some common sense” into the rules that govern direct-to-consumer sales by farmers. Blaine Pedersen, (PC-Midland) has gone to bat for a small group of farmers recently outed for using a web-based ordering system and delivering uninspected chicken and ungraded eggs to customers in Winnipeg and other
Tomatoes in a jar.
Country Crossroads

Local food workshop fields anxious questions

Workshops hosted by MAFRD fields questions on regulation by those selling at farmers’ markets and farm gate

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Can homemade salsa be sold at a farmers’ market? What is a ‘potentially hazardous food?’ Which farmers’ markets need handwashing facilities? Public health inspectors fielded those questions and more at a recent workshop here for local food vendors. Several participants said they haven’t known where to go for answers until now. “There’s a lot of
Map of agricultural restoration project.
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Restoration Agriculture project moving forward

Gimli-area farmers to host permaculture expert Sepp Holzer in May

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The design is in, dozens of species of fruit- and nut-bearing trees have been ordered, and now the owners of Prairie Heritage Farm north of Gimli are anxiously awaiting the arrival of the spring planting season. Last fall, Kirsten Benot and her husband Daniel hosted a three-day workshop featuring perma-culture pioneer Mark Shepard. Along with
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Farmers’ market association assembles a new board

The Farmers’ Markets Association of Manitoba appoints four new board members

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The provincial group representing farmers’ markets is back from the brink after nearly folding for lack of a board of directors this month. Things took a decidedly humorous turn at the Farmers’ Markets Association of Manitoba’s (FMAM) annual meeting here as names of persons willing to step forward were put forward over the weekend. A
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Rural Secretariat closure worries rural advocacy groups

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The federal Conservatives must rethink their decision to close down the Rural Secretariat or create something to replace it, says the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. The last 13 remaining employees at the Rural Secretariat were recently given their notices, spelling the end of the 15-year-old agency, which had a staff of 92 just a year

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