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Woman Of Distinction

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Some people are just “shiny!” Their positive attitude radiates outwards and you just know that they will excel at their goals. Karen Davis is just such a person and is the driving force behind The Dolly Parton Imagination Library program in Manitoba, helping to initiate Imagination Libraries in 24 communities, including Rolling River First Nation
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Unshackle Food System, U.S. Activist Says

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In Joel Salatin’s ideal world, food production would be local, farms would be diversified, livestock would gambol on pastures and regulations would be… well, deregulated. If you think Salatin wants to go back to the old manner of farming before large-scale commercial production took over, you could be right. At least the old-fashioned model was
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Famed Scientist Urges Producers To Share The Message

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Just days before taking a star turn on the internationally televised Golden Globes awards show, renowned animal behaviourist Temple Grandin urged Alberta farmers, ranchers, and others in agriculture to put themselves in the spotlight. “I can’t emphasize it enough that ag has to do a much better job of communicating with the public,” Grandin told
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U.S. Bill Boosts School Lunch Funding

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The U.S. House of Representatives has passed and sent to President Barack Obama a bill that boosts funding for the school lunch program by $4.5 billion through 2020 and bans “junk” food from school buildings. Backers said it would be the first real increase in reimbursement rates for schools in 30 years and a step
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U.S. Senate Ag Panel Gets New Chair

Senator Debbie Stabenow of Michigan will become chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee next year, putting her in charge of overhauling U.S. farm policy when spending cuts are likely and her leadership skills are unproven. Stabenow won expansion of programs for fruit and vegetable growers in the 2008 farm law without alienating growers of row
Crops

Mid-Man Farms Ltd. Named Champion Grower

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Mid-Man Farms Ltd. was named the 2010 McCain Champion Potato Grower for the McCain Carberry plant during the annual Growers’ Banquet held Nov. 3, 2010 at the Carberry Community Memorial Hall. More than 140 guests gathered to celebrate the top growers and their achievements. Potatoes are rated throughout the year on a variety of factors
Crops

McCain Honours Champion Growers

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Anton Wiebe Ltd. was named the 2010 McCain Champion Potato Grower for the McCain Portage la Prairie plant during the annual growers’ banquet held Oct. 19. Potatoes are rated throughout the year on a variety of factors including size, gravity, defect level and colour and awarded points accordingly. At the end of each crop year,
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Thoughts On Thanksgiving

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The farmer gets out of bed early in the morning and checks the thermometer. There is no frost, the sky is blue and the sun is rising. It promises a bright, sunny day. Will he be able to get on to the field and rescue the wheat that was laying in the water yesterday? Is
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U. S. Supreme Court Hears GM Alfalfa Arguments

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WASHINGTON, D. C. The U. S. Supreme Court was asked last week to rule on whether the courts have the authority to block genetically modified crops due to environmental concerns. The case involving Monsanto’s genetically modified Roundup Ready alfalfa heard here April 27 marks the first time the controversies over commercializing new technology have reached
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Ice Slows Grain Traffic On U. S. Midwest Rivers

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Acold snap increased ice on some key U. S. Midwest rivers last week and slowed the movement of barges carrying corn and soybeans from the heartland to the U. S. Gulf, the top export point for agricultural goods. Frigid weather in the forecast through the end of the week was expected to increase ice buildup

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