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Eat Local To Sustain Farmers, Conference Told

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Lori Stahlbrand is on a 96 per cent mission. It’s estimated only four per cent of the food Canadians consume is grown and sold through local farmers’ markets, community-supported agriculture projects and the like. The rest comes from mainstream retailers, mostly supermarkets. As a result, there’s a huge potential market for the local food economy
News

Manitoba Markets Get Government Boost

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The Farmers Market Association of Manitoba Co-op Inc. (FMAM) received an early Christmas present last week – a $450,000 federal grant for market site improvements. The funding for upgrades such as canopies and walkways, signage, shelter belts and other fixtures, comes through the federal Community Adjustment Fund (CAF) and is part of the Conservative government’s
Cereals, Opinion

Myths Distort Canadian Farm Policy

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“(T)he argument that we need to subsidize farming in case the world collapses and we need to supply ourselves simply makes no sense. Myths exist about the strategic position of food, the importance of the family farm to the preservation of rural Canada, and the need to defend Canadian farming in the face of European
Opinion

Co-Op Business Model Most Resilient

Excerpt from a July 3 release from the International Federation of Agricultural Producers recognizing the UN International Day of Co-operatives. This year’s theme was “Driving Global Recovery through Cooperative Enterprise.” Th e International Federation of Agricultural Producers is encouraging the adoption and strengthening of the co-operative business model as part of national financial and social
Oilseeds, Opinion

Consumers Rise To Buy-Local Challenge

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Barbecue season is upon us and more and more Canadians are visiting farmers’ markets or seeking out a Product of Canada label in order to support Canadian farmers. Several campaigns promoting locally grown or Canadianproduced food have sprung up. Recently, retailers like Loblaw Companies Limited, fast-food chains such as McDonald’s and major companies like Unilever
Country Crossroads

More New Farmers’ Markets For Manitoba This Summer

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Crummy weather doesn’t appear to be dampening enthusiasm as another farmers’ market season begins. Farmers Market Association of Manitoba executive director Dianna Mae Hocaluk said word is most markets around Manitoba are all raring to go and some have started already. St. Norbert began June 6. Weather is worrisome, but most markets have vendors with
Opinion

A Rural Champion

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A few years back, as the list of rural responsibilities assigned to one cabinet minister in a particular federal government grew longer than could be comfortably stated without pausing to breathe, reporters took to unofficially referring to him as the “minister for everything in between the big cities.” In some ways, it was symbolic of
Opinion

Nothing Passé About Old MacDonald’s Approach

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Manitoba’s farm media is full of the same story. The stories have different headlines and characters, but the main issue is as recurring as the beat of a drum. “What’s wrong with Prairie agriculture? What’s wrong with the AgriStability program? What’s happening to commodity, fertilizer, and cattle prices?” Sometimes columnists allude to the problems that
News

Clearer Rules For Food Safety At Farmers’ Markets

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“It can be something as simple as going to your local church hall or community centre. Chances are they have a place that we issue a permit to.” – MIKE LEBLANC, MANAGER OF THE HEALTH PROTECTION UNIT WITH MANITOBA HEALTH More perogis and pumpkin pies may turn up for sale at farmers’ markets this year

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