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Growing vegetables in the winter

By Liz Clayton April 15, 2012

For seven winters, Carol Ford and Chuck Waibel have been supplying weekly boxes of fresh cold-weather vegetables and baby greens to a 12-member CSA (Community Supported Agriculture). Under the name “Garden Goddess,” they grow the food in their self-designed 16×22 low-energy northern greenhouse. Inside that deceptively small space is 3,520 cubic feet, with roughly 150

Hogs, Livestock, News

Pork council honours Rempel and Flaten

April 15, 2012

The Manitoba Pork Council has honoured Marg Rempel of Ste. Anne with its award of distinction in recognition of her outstanding contributions to agriculture through her passionate commitment and tireless efforts. “Her accomplishments and vast contributions have had far-reaching global impact, but perhaps it’s the motivation to her work that impresses most,” the council’s citation

Cereals, Crops, News, Oilseeds

Quality assurance through world-class research stands the test of time

April 7, 2012

By Val Ominski The bright blue paint, on the Allis Chalmers roll stands, looks conspicuously out of place among the gleaming modern metal in the pilot-scale flour mill on the 16th floor of the CGC Grain Research Lab. Miller Dave Turnock thinks they are about 80 years old and have also seen duty at the

Cereals, Crops, News

Fair treatment for Western farmers began 100 years ago

By Ron Friesen April 7, 2012

It was more than a century ago but bitter conflict between farmers and the early western Canadian grain industry still resonates in the childhood memories of old-timers like Harvey English. “It was highway robbery. That’s what it was in those days,” says English, 94. “They were just stealing everything off the farmer that they could

News

Expert says agriculture needs a rethink

By Shannon VanRaes April 7, 2012

Climate change is real and is one of the issues that will force farmers to change their practices, according to the head of the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute. Many people are in denial about climate change, Craig Pearson told attendees at the University of Manitoba annual Bendelow Lecture in an address entitled “Changing Agriculture to

Country Crossroads, News, Recipe Swap

Recipe Swap, April 5

By Lorraine Stevenson April 7, 2012

A honey of a deal It won’t be long now before we’ll start to see a welcome sight — honeybees hovering around spring’s buffet of early-flowering trees and plants. Bees were the buzz at Manitoba Rural Adaptation Council’s recent annual meeting, where Rob Currie, department head of entomology at the University of Manitoba gave a

News

Food panel releases first study results

By Lorraine Stevenson March 29, 2012

Eating out appears to be a once-a-week occasion for most Manitobans. We have strong views about local food but differing definitions of what “local” means. Most of us have never eaten buckwheat, hemp or flax-based foods. And while a little over 40 per cent of Manitobans buy organic food, an equal number don’t think organic

Country Crossroads, News

Good marketing means fully engaging customers

By Lorraine Stevenson March 23, 2012

Farmers pursuing direct-zmarketing ventures are paying attention to customer  demand to not only buy something but learn something, says NADFMA president

The Canadian Prairies’ lack of people and long distance between places doesn’t mean there aren’t good opportunities for selling direct from your farm, said a speaker at Manitoba’s Direct Farm Marketing Conference March 10. “It’s about being really good at marketing and understanding your customer,” said Kerry Engel, president of the North American Direct Farm

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, News

Currency risk protection offered

By Allan Dawson March 23, 2012

Volatile currencies can hurt your bottom line more than changes in commodity prices. That’s why the Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP), in conjunction with Western Union Business Solutions, is introducing a new foreign exchange risk-management program. “If it makes sense to a producer, we can provide a solution,” said Mark Kelly, Western Union Business Solutions’ senior

Cereals, Crops, News

Cigi being wooed to move to Saskatoon

By Allan Dawson March 14, 2012

Fears that scrapping the monopoly-powered wheat board could undermine Winnipeg’s grain sector hegemony were bolstered with news Saskatoon wants Cigi (Canadian International Grains Institute) to move there. The offer came Nov. 29 during a meeting with Saskatoon economic development group representatives, Rex Newkirk, Cigi’s director of research and business development said in an interview March

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Growing vegetables in the winter

Pork council honours Rempel and Flaten

Quality assurance through world-class research stands the test of time

Fair treatment for Western farmers began 100 years ago

Recipe Swap, April 5

Food panel releases first study results

Good marketing means fully engaging customers

Currency risk protection offered

Cigi being wooed to move to Saskatoon

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