Alexis Kienlen

Alexis Kienlen

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Alexis Kienlen is a reporter with Glacier Farm Media. She grew up in Saskatoon but now lives in Edmonton. She holds an Honours degree in International Studies from the University of Saskatchewan, a Graduate Diploma in Journalism from Concordia University, and a Food Security certificate from Toronto Metropolitan University. In addition to being a journalist, Alexis is also a poet, essayist and fiction writer. She is the author of four books- the most recent being a novel about the BSE crisis called “Mad Cow.”

Stories by Alexis Kienlen

Green, plastic pheromone traps hang from a tree branch in thick underbrush in the summer in northern Saskatchewan.
News

Worm devastates northern wild rice harvest

Researchers look for ways to help Indigenous wild rice harvesters who are losing crop to wild rice worms

In the past five years, harvesters in various parts of northern Saskatchewan have been affected by wild rice worms, which destroy crop and devastate peoples’ livelihoods.
The CFIA has mandated a new pre-chill microbiological monitoring program to enhance safety in Canadian poultry. Photo: Stephen Ausmus/ARS/USDA

CFIA raw poultry policy to tighten food safety

Canadian poultry slaughterhouses will have to test carcasses for pathogens before chilling when the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s new pre-chill policy comes into force Dec. 1, 2025.
A photo of the Heartland Livestock Services auction mart location in Brandon, days after the Nilsson Bros., who own the location, announced its closure. The parking lot is empty.
Livestock Management

Heartland Livestock Services closes Brandon auction mart

Heartland Livestock Services announced the closure July 25; the Brandon auction mart has been a historic standby for Manitoba beef producers selling their cattle

Heartland Livestock Services announced the closure July 25. The Brandon auction mart has been a historic standby for Manitoba beef producers selling their cattle.

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