Humboldt’s 100-year-old water tower represents the struggle to obtain a good water supply on the Prairies
HUMBOLDT, Sask. — Volunteers scaled ladders and catwalks in cramped darkened spaces to renovate Humboldt’s derelict water tower in 1998. At the top, Norm Duerr, Hubert Possberg, Ed Brockmeyer and Matt Breker found pigeon droppings half a metre deep on the floor above the water tank. “It was quite a terrible job,” said Duerr. They […] Read moreFarm Living
Steps can be taken to avoid violent Alzheimer’s behaviour
Q: I have known for about a year that my father has Alzheimer’s disease, but recently he has become a problem. He wants to try and find his childhood home, and he thinks our family home is not the right place. He tries to leave, and as he is no longer allowed to drive, this […] Read more
Growers take pulses to next level
HUGHTON, Sask. — Farmers were desperate to make a dollar, quotas were tight and grain was not worth much when the holy grail of lentils appeared on the prairie horizon. “It was easy to convince people to get into it,” said Bill Copeland, who offered his farm near Hughton, Sask., for lentil and also barley […] Read more
Big acres, big animals, big workload
CARNDUFF, Sask. — A strong work ethic is what it’s all about for the Patons. They have 450 head of commercial Charolais cattle, 200 purebred Belgian horses and 11,000 total acres of owned and rented land. “You get up every morning at 6 a.m. and you work until everything is done,” said Melvin Paton, the […] Read more
Spring sparks new beginnings
For a girl growing up on a homestead in northern Alberta, the weekly trip to collect the mail was a big event. The 13-kilometre trek might be made on horseback, with a team of horses pulling a sleigh or wagon or occasionally in a spluttering vehicle. The mail might include blue airmail letters from overseas […] Read more
Economist takes pulses to the table
HUGHTON, Sask. — Alma Copeland often tested lentil recipes on the workers at her family’s seed cleaning business. It was also common for her to take a lentil dish to a speaking engagement or social gathering to educate others about the once little know crop. Today, pulses are common on restaurant menus, said Copeland, who […] Read more
Seafood: healthy for you, but what about the environment?
Reading labels is paramount in providing your family with sustainably and ethically sourced fish and seafood. Sometimes this requires reading between the lines and being aware of what is not on the label. Sustainability means meeting human development needs while preserving the environment. For many people, the idea of eating sustainably harvested or farmed fish […] Read more
Students tackle food waste
Three rural Saskatchewan teens hammed it up in a 30 second video to help curb food waste. Kaitlyn Dilsner, Taryn Heidebrecht, and Lauren Palmer, Grade 12 students at Clavet Composite School, invested more than nine hours to produce the video, which took first place and a $500 prize in a Saskatchewan Waste Reduction Council competition. […] Read more
Earls backtracking welcomed by industry
A backlash against the Earls Kitchen and Bar chain through social media and reduced patronage got the attention of Earls president Mo Jessa. Today the Canadian dining chain apologized for its plan to source all its beef from Kansas and said it will work with the Canadian and Alberta industry to produce beef that meets […] Read more
Earls restaurants stop using Canadian beef
Earls Restaurants is making no apologies to Canadian beef producers for its decision to switch to a certified humanely raised and antibiotic free product from the United States. “Though I understand the job of the Alberta beef lobbyists is to lobby for their product, it seems unfortunate that they are distorting what is really good […] Read more
