Ancient Grains Return

“There’s been quite a bit of interest in ancient grains recently due to allergies to wheat and celiac disease. There’s so many people who have allergies or sensitivities to gluten.” – ANNETTE ALLEN, MAFRI When old-timers talk about old wheat varieties, they might mention Red Fife or Thatcher. But wheat breeding goes way back to

Poultry Processing To Roll Into B. C. Interior

The federal government’s plan to diversify parts of B. C. where the mountain pine beetle has eaten into the forestry sector will include funds for a mobile poultry-processing unit. The federal Western Economic Diversification department will put up $220,000 through its two-year, $33 million Community Economic Diversification Initiative (CEDI), for the Cariboo-Central Interior Poultry Producers


Farmers urged to lobby for rail costing review

The millions of dollars the railways are reported to have overcharged western grain farmers underscores the need to review railway costs – and to update the formula used to determine how much the railways can earn hauling grain. So said Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) spokeswoman Maureen Fitzhenry in an interview last week: “We need to



Travelling the research road together

I’ve always been a supporter of the annual Terry Fox Foundation run in support of cancer research. It was one way I could honour the friends and neighbours that suffered and ultimately succumbed to the disease. By participating in the run, I was able to tap the shoulders of friends and neighbours to support research