EDMONTON, Alta. — Protests against farm worker legislation keeps building in momentum. A hastily built Facebook page, opposed to Bill 6, has 24,000 members in only a few days, farmers packed a Grande Prairie hotel ball room Thursday and on Friday about 150 farmers protested on the steps of the Alberta legislature. Without changes to […] Read more
Farm Living
Anti-Bill 6 protests picking up steam
Industry involvement keeps cattle producers busy
GRENFELL, Sask. — Finding the entire Hextall family at home on any one day can be a feat. Jack and Kim are involved in industry organizations, participate in educational opportunities and work to promote the beef industry — all things that take them away from home often. But these are also things in which they […] Read more
VIDEO: Built on Agriculture
PBS recently completed a four-part video series entitled, “Built on Agriculture,” that tracks the history farming on the Canadian prairies. The project was four years in the making, and adheres to the high standards of production that have become a trademark of PBS documentaries. You can find each of these four videos linked below. Built […] Read more
Southern Bolivia a world apart
The full moon cast a soft light over the world’s largest salt lake, then as it dipped below the horizon, the rising sun suddenly washed a warm glow over the brilliant white salt that had crystallized into strange polygon patterns stretching to the horizon. While impressive, this was only one of a series of mesmerizing […] Read more
Adoption introduces Haitian boy to world of cattle
REGINA — Ken Paul is a typical Canadian boy who likes hockey, chicken dinners and hanging out with friends. It was not always so. He was living in a Haitian orphanage when he became one of 203 children linked with a new Canadian family in Operation Stork following the 2010 earthquake that devastated Port-au-Prince. His […] Read more
Light, fluffy soufflé will impress guests
A soufflé is made with a sauce that is flavoured either sweet or savoury and in which stiffly beaten egg whites are then gently folded in. It is poured into a straight-sided prepared baking dish and baked in the oven until it puffs up and is golden on top. Properly beaten egg whites are the […] Read more
A twist on brain food: educate kids, then let them eat
Fast food could be coming to a Saskatchewan farm near you. “The ministry has partnered with industry to put together pizza farms and burger and fries farms where kids come in the spring to plant the crops and in the fall they harvest the crops,” said Shelley Jones, manager of Saskatchewan Agriculture’s Agriculture Awareness Initiative […] Read more
Harvest 15 photo project
The Western Producer hosts a spring and a fall photo project each year and our fall initiative, titled #Harvest15, has just come to a close. There was incredible participation in the project with over 700 hundred submissions, including pictures from across Canada, the US, and even Europe. Choosing three winners out of such great photos […] Read more
Seniors up and about with MOVE
A program in four Alberta hospitals focuses on mobility among the elderly to maintain muscle strength and reduce depression
Increasing mobility can decrease the length of time a senior stays in hospital, says a geriatrics specialist. “Statistics say that one-third of the elderly will decline in hospital in function and half will not regain that function,” Jayna Holroyd-Leduc, a professor in the University of Calgary’s department of medicine, told the 8th Annual Summit of […] Read more
Healthy options for diabetics
Dear TEAM: Is it better to substitute honey for sugar in baking recipes or tea for diabetic or hypoglycemic individuals? — D. B. Quesnel, B.C. Dear D. B.: Both honey and sugar will affect the blood sugar level. Honey is sweeter than granulated sugar, so a smaller amount could be used in some recipes. Honey […] Read more
