Diane Rogers

Flo Lavallie’s high energy attests to her theory of life and diet. In a cookbook she wrote and published this winter, Lavallie encourages people to buy and eat healthy, organic foods. For the past 17 years Lavallie has run a private clinic in Saskatoon that helps people cope with physical and emotional problems using diet […] Read more

Milking goats by hand and feeding cows were new experiences for a city girl from Moncton, N.B. “It was fun,” said Melanie Daigle of the week she spent on a Clavet, Sask., farm. Daigle was billeted at the farm as part of her time with Katimavik. The program takes Canadian youths aged 17-21 for an […] Read more

After working seven years as executive director for the Saskatchewan Council for Community Development, Linda Pipke remains optimistic. In an interview at a provincial conference of rural economic development groups, Pipke said that by working together the regional bodies can create business opportunities in their areas. When Pipke asked those at the conference to predict […] Read more

Farmers are dropping off donations at the back door of Saskatchewan’s food banks rather than walking in the front to collect a hamper. Despite agriculture’s tough economics, most of the province’s 10 food banks report no farmers among their clients. One issue is confidentiality. The food banks do not take peoples’ names, although workers at […] Read more

A Saskatchewan group that created a film about family violence wanted to do more than make people feel sorry for abused women. So the focus of the film and an accompanying guide is how to escape violent families. Shirley Penner, one of the women survivors featured in the film, told the official launch of How […] Read more

A week-long introduction to the Canadian grain grading, inspection and sales system was valuable, says one of two women who took the most recent course. Richard, Sask., farmer Carolyn McDonald spent Feb. 8-12 in Winnipeg attending the Canadian International Grain Institute producer course, along with 22 other participants, who learned about markets, international customers, wheat […] Read more

ESTON, Sask. – As the waterhole shrinks, the animals who come to drink look at each other differently. That’s the analogy Flo Frank used in talking about community and business development. In a time of shifting resources and power, rural individuals and towns need to be alert to opportunity, she told a conference Feb. 5 […] Read more

REGINA – The nuggets of good news were few in an agriculture official’s speech to the Saskatchewan Women’s Agricultural Network conference. Ernie Spencer told SWAN members meeting here last weekend that the province was granting their group $6,000 this year. He also noted that the agriculture department had 28 women sitting on its 14 boards […] Read more

REGINA – Farmers in financial or personal crises can get free or cheap help under various federal and provincial programs. Representatives from three areas outlined what they could offer during a panel session at the Saskatchewan Women’s Agricultural Network conference. The federal government’s new Farm Debt Mediation and Consultation Services has proved popular, said regional […] Read more