VERMILION, Alta. — The Old School Cheesery at Vermilion, Alta., is turning into a destination for connoisseurs of locally produced artisan foods. “The plan was to make some goat cheese, but when I did my market research I found out that Canadians only eat two kinds of cheese: cheddar and mozzarella. So we changed our […] Read more
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Cheese enterprise booming for former munitions expert
Help spouse with tasks if seeking tidy home for children
Q: My wife works hard but she is not organized. She starts a job in the kitchen and then moves into the living room with another project before she is finished in the kitchen. The living room is not quite finished before she is off into another project. The problem is our young children. I […] Read more
Reap what you sow — garden flavours to savour
Nothing compares with the taste of fresh, locally grown produce, especially young peas, carrots, beans, potatoes and onions. Enjoy them in salads, on the barbecue or in a sauce or preserve the flavour in a batch of baby vegetable pickles. Marinated carrots and peas salad 1 lb. baby carrots 500 g 4 oz. edible pod […] Read more
Undies tell all — about soil health
OTTAWA — 4-Hers were challenged to use critical thinking skills to debunk bad science and wade through the infinite virtual world of information during a presentation at the Global 4-H Network Summit in Ottawa earlier this month. Clayton Robins, executive director of the Manitoba 4-H Council, told young people to dig deep. “Seek out the […] Read more
Health issue forcing switch to niche crops reaps rewards
LACOMBE, Alta. — A diagnosis of severe gluten intolerance in 2003 forced central Alberta grain farmers to make some radical changes in their farming operation. Kevin Lundie and his wife, June, and son, Kole, 21, no longer grow gluten based crops on their 500 acre farm. “My family physician said I shouldn’t even be exposed […] Read more
4-H ‘saved me as a child’: gay speaker
Awareness and acceptance are improving, but delegates at 4-H summit warned to learn about laws when travelling
OTTAWA — Bed-wetting was part of the emotional turmoil Jeff Howard endured as a child dealing with his homosexuality. He said he knew he was gay by age seven but never shared it. “I would pray to God to please make this stop.… ‘I want you to fix me,’ ” the state director of University […] Read moreCheese enterprise booming for former munitions expert
VERMILION, Alta. — The Old School Cheesery at Vermilion, Alta., is turning into a destination for connoisseurs of locally produced artisan foods. “The plan was to make some goat cheese, but when I did my market research I found out that Canadians only eat two kinds of cheese: cheddar and mozzarella. So we changed our […] Read more
Ag ministers reach new farm program agreement
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — All provinces and territories have signed on to the new Canadian Agricultural Partnership, but there are still some disagreements about business risk management provisions within the five-year deal that takes effect next April 1. In particular, Saskatchewan says it doesn’t support late participation in AgriStability. That measure would allow producers to […] Read more
Memorable stock dog steers roper’s life in new direction
Stock dog trainer says it has been a ‘blessing to be able to do something that you love’ during 30-year career
MAPLE CREEK, Sask. — If dogs are a man’s best friend, then it’s safe to say that Dale Montgomery has spent the past 30 years or so surrounded by best friends. Montgomery and his wife, Dawn, have been breeding, raising and training stock dogs on their farm near Maple Creek since the mid-1980s. During that […] Read more
4-H empowers, incites change
Five thousand Gambians lost their lives trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea in search of a better life in 2016. Ousman Sonko of the Rural Development Institute in Gambia thinks young people hold the key to improving life in his country of 1.8 million people. During the Global 4-H Network Summit, where young people and […] Read more
