Diane Rogers

Two farm safety advocates say they hope recent programs aimed at children will change future statistics on deaths and injuries among farm kids. Merle Mailin, a disabled farmer from Gainsborough, Sask., says the presentations he does in schools “definitely brings a lot more awareness to young people of the dangers that are out there.” Cathy […] Read more

A llama, 18 kilograms of dog food and a man’s vest are among the donations for a fundraising event planned for Barthel, Sask., Sept. 21. Herb grower Tomita Walker of Clive, Alta., got the idea to help out after talking to her friend in Barthel. Evelyn Schnaider told Walker the area had only six millimetres […] Read more

The gem line of jars and lids from the canning company Bernardin is gone, says its marketing manager. Judi Kingry said that product line is not economically feasible and the company has no plan to start making them again. Many home canners in the West have just become aware of the shortage of lids for […] Read more

The idea took form last August, as four people were watching a crew trowel concrete for the enlarged floor of the Warner, Alta., arena. Standing outside the half-million-dollar renovation project, they talked about how the arena should be put to better use, recalled Sandra Nelson, one of the group. The next day, she asked the […] Read more

One farm woman wants to start a protest over the loss of a preserving tool. The Bernardin company stopped making the gem series of jars, lids and bands in 2001. It said the gem series is being replaced by two other jar sizes that are metric sized and were selling better. Store supplies have disappeared […] Read more

A musician’s reunion at an Archerwill, Sask., farm 14 years ago has turned into an annual private music festival. This year’s event drew 1,000 people to Murray Tennent’s northeastern Saskatchewan farm July 27. The farmer and electrician is also a musician and he invites fellow music makers and listeners to his farm for the summer […] Read more

Farmers in Ukraine admire their Canadian counterparts for “having golden hands,” says a Hafford, Sask., farm woman who has visited there twice. Marie Prebushewski plans to go again in September to show Ukrainians how to gild themselves by developing skills and independence. “They’re so used to being told how to do things, when to plant, […] Read more

BLAINE LAKE, Sask. – The drought has left lots of bare spots in Ann and Fred Odnokon’s farm garden. Last year’s photographs show lilies and other flowers that were lush and tall. But in 2002, watering every other day has not been enough to make up for the lack of rain. The area has had […] Read more

A smelly feedlot inside the city of Kelowna, B.C., underlined the message of a recent 4-H conference. It concluded that rural and urban people have to talk to each other so they gain an understanding of how to relieve their conflicts. Land use issues were a big part of the July 17-22 conference of 62 […] Read more

Prairie fruit and vegetables have a major advantage over produce from Ontario, British Columbia and California – hardly any pesticide. “In Saskatchewan, we spray two or three times a season,” said University of Saskatchewan plant science professor Bob Bors. “In the Okanagan or Ontario, they spray 10 to 15 times.” On a July 24 tour […] Read more