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Trina Semenchuk, founder of The Little Greenhouse That Could, standing in front of Government House at the Manitoba Legislative Grounds.
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Vertical farming champion looks to stack Manitoba’s future

Vertical farming has garnered significant interest as a food security solution in remote areas

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Trina Semenchuk wants to make Manitoba the vertical farming capital of the world. “It’s a very bold vision, but yeah, it’s my vision,” she said. “Why not? We have a short growing season and we have so much talent here. We have quite a lot of resources already available in Winnipeg.” Why it matters: Vertical farming, which stacks crops
A man with a grocery cart walking down the produce isle.
Farmit Manitoba, News

How you can skip the veggie aisle

If you don’t already have a veggie patch, here’s how to start one

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If you’re pondering whether to start a vegetable garden this year, you’re not alone. Vegetable gardening is exploding in popularity, helped by inflation and the desire to spend less at the grocery store. Outside of finances, long-time gardeners know the rewards of this activity. Even repetitive tasks like weeding and watering can become a relaxing
Oat starch for less food waste
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Oat starch for less food waste

One researcher hopes a protective coating made of oat starch can be used to extend fruit and veggie shelf life

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Glacier FarmMedia — Fruit and vegetables make up a lot of the food that Canadians throw away. Of all household food items that end up in the trash, vegetables represent 30 per cent of total food waste by weight, while fruits come in at 15 per cent, according to anti-food waste website LoveFoodHateWaste.ca. The site,
Manitoba Ag Minister Ron Kostyshyn.
Crops, News

Insurance pilot dished up for small veggie farms

Program to ease burden from minimum acreage requirements

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More of Manitoba’s small vegetable farmers will have access to AgriInsurance this year. Growers that previously did not meet minimum acreage requirements under the Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC) will be able to bundle their crops to make up that gap, Manitoba Agriculture Minister Ron Kostyshyn announced at Manitoba Ag Days Jan. 16. Why it
(Bicks.ca)
Crops

Smucker to shed Bick’s brand

Pickle brand, other Canadian condiments to go to TreeHouse

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U.S. food firm J.M. Smucker has a deal in place to sell off the Canadian pickle brand Bick’s and a portfolio of condiment brands it makes for the Canadian market. Ohio-based Smucker announced Oct. 17 it will sell the Bick’s brand plus the Habitant pickled beets, Woodman’s horseradish and McLarens pickled onions brands to Illinois
The Agriculture Enlightened conference, held Oct. 26 in Winnipeg and hosted by EMILI, is trying to help Canada become a leader in digital and precision agriculture. (John Deere photo)
Crops

Robots may help grain farmers diversify

Tech could support labour-intensive higher-value crops

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Chuck Baresich, who owns an agricultural robotics business in Ontario, says controlling weeds with robots is probably best suited for high-value, horticultural crops in Canada. However, large-scale grain farmers could also use the technology if they think about it differently. “Let’s say my brother and me are growing 1,500 acres of corn,” said Baresich, who
(Limagrain.com)
Crops

Limagrain offers to buy out seed maker Vilmorin

Pride Seeds co-owner has majority stake in veg seed firm

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Paris | Reuters — French agricultural co-operative Limagrain has offered to buy the 28.78 per cent of Vilmorin it does not already own in a deal that values one of the world’s biggest seed suppliers at 1.43 billion euros (C$2.13 billion). Limagrain said on Friday it was offering 62.60 euros per Vilmorin share, a premium
“We need a lot of stuff.” – Wayne Rempel.
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Demand exists for more Manitoba veggies

Peak of the Market imports a significant amount of vegetables to cover supply gaps, director says

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Manitoba could be growing more vegetables, according to a director of Peak of the Market. “We need a lot of stuff,” said Wayne Rempel, speaking at the Manitoba Organic Alliance annual meeting on April 4. As well as his position with Peak of the Market, Rempel is president and CEO of Kroeker Farms. Peak of
(Left to right) Rick Langille, William Aitken and Scott Hyndman of Harvest Today pose in their
Ag Days booth in January.
Farmit Manitoba

VIDEO: Growing upwards

Company touts their approach for sustainable, efficient indoor food production

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Outside the walls of the Manitoba Ag Days Innovation Showcase, it was still the depths of winter. Gardens were still buried under a thick covering of snow. Planting season was still months away; the first produce of 2023 was even further. Inside the re-purposed barn in Brandon’s Keystone Centre, however, leafy greens were thriving. The
The end result.
Farmit Manitoba

Five dollar lettuce a boon to hydroponics start-up

Manitoba inventor takes pandemic project to market

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A Manitoba inventor has developed a homegrown solution to five-dollar lettuce. Neil Evenson is the founder of Radical Growing Company, which produces self-contained, do-it-yourself, single-plant hydroponic kits. Evenson is a design engineer by trade but he loves to tinker in his spare time, and every now and again, those tinkerings turn into a viable product

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