Second Open Farm Day Planned For 2011

Manitoba farmers and the province are gearing up to host another Open Farm Day September 18 and this year promotions are starting early. Last year, nearly 4,000 people descended on 35 participating farms for a September farm show-and-tell event for which publicity only started earlier that month. This year the invitation to Manitoba’s farms will

First Open Farm Day A Success, More To Come

Last September’s first-ever Open Farm Day in Mani toba was an astounding success with more than 4,000 people, mostly from urban centres, visiting the 37 farms that participated. As a result, Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives has decided to make it an annual event, MAFRI agritourism specialist Susan Nicoll told an Ag Days seminar


Summer Camp — An Opportunity To Grow

Often it was the first lengthy separation for both mother and child. For the heart of a child in its buoyancy, is one that is pure and free. So put me in touch with the heart of a child, of the person that is to be. – C. Burtis Hunter Summer camp – a place