OLIVER, B.C. — Connecting the bounty of food in the highly productive Okanagan with people in need is a priority of Food Secure Oliver. After three years of planning and consultations with the community, the initiative is expected to roll out in February and March with the hiring of a co-ordinator to implement the plan […] Read more
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Famous chef designs cookbook around seasonal food
Canadian chef Lynn Crawford has created a book so approachable and down-to-earth that when you read it, you may be able to take on a recipe that day with items you already have in your fridge, pantry or garden. That’s the first thing I thought as I thumbed through Farm to Chef: Cooking through the […] Read more
Outdoor play expands curiosity, vocabulary, communication skills
PENTICTON, B.C. — Young children are more likely to be hurt in car accidents than on the playground, said an early childhood researcher. Beverlie Dietz, director of learning and applied research at Okanagan College, said outdoor play should be a part of everyday life, whether at home or in child-care centres. Her study of early […] Read more
Sask. offers wildfire assistance for grazing land
Saskatchewan producers affected by wildfires will be eligible for some coverage under the Provincial Disaster Assistance Program after all. The government had said that typically PDAP didn’t cover insurable losses. However, Government Relations Minister Larry Doke announced Dec. 6 that grazing land would be covered. “Tame and native grazing lands are not insurable,” he said […] Read more
Many farmers got a break from hailstorms this year
Hail caused less damage across the Prairies in 2017 than it did in 2016, according to the final report tabled Dec. 4 by the Canadian Crop Hail Association. Western Canadian farmers with hail insurance were paid $96 million on about 8,600 claims, making 2017 one of the lightest claim years since 2009, the CCHA said. […] Read more
Sask., Que. couples win Outstanding Young Farmer
PENTICTON, B.C. — Both the east and the west were represented among this year’s Outstanding Young Farmers national winners. Derek and Tannis Axten of Minton, Sask., and Francois Handfield and Veronique Bouchard of Mont Tremblant, Que., were selected from seven provincial nominees during an awards ceremony Dec. 1 in Penticton, B.C. The Axtens, the fourth […] Read more
Alberta community builds a legacy
DEMMITT, Alta. — The Demmitt community is breathing easier these days after years of tension, persistence and sweat. It’s been two years since they built the grandiose Demmitt Hall, an energy efficient, straw walled and timber-framed community centre in one of the Peace Region’s most secluded areas. It’s a project some believed would never get […] Read more
VIDEO: Three generations going strong in Peace region
RYCROFT, Alta. — Keegan Milkovich said he tries not to take what he has today for granted because he realizes his grandpa had it tough in the farm’s early days. “People say you worked hard, but you really didn’t because all you did was put a lot of hours in. There are so many stories […] Read more
Little remains of rural community
JACKFISH, Sask. — The road sign on Highway 26, the church with the historic bell and Rev. Father Leon Bondoux’s log cabin are all that remain of the once thriving Saskatchewan community of Jackfish. The first missionaries in the area were Oblates of Mary Immaculate, with Bondoux forming the first mission in 1890-92. Roman Catholic […] Read more
Speaker credits 4-H for award-winning delivery technique
Lois Schultz suggested using well-known public figures to join the campaign against global food waste
Lois Schultz wants people to focus more on feeding the hungry rather than obsessing about food choices in the grocery store. She made food waste, its global impact and creating change the topic for her winning speech in the senior event at the 2017 Canadian Young Speakers for Agriculture competition in Toronto this month. Schultz […] Read more
