Global food distribution systems are being blamed for taking money out of farmers’ pockets. Speaking to the Local Living Economies conference in Saskatoon March 24, author Michael Schuman presented data that showed how 40 cents of every dollar spent on food in 1900 went to the farmer, compared to seven cents today. Of the $1, […] Read more
Farm Living
Food distribution swallows profits
City chef buys local
Saskatoon chef Anthony McCarthy is doing his part to introduce his urban audience to the tastes of rural Saskatchewan. The executive chef at the Saskatoon Club, who spoke at a Local Living Economies conference March 25, buys as much local in-season produce as he can find. “If I know the farmer from down the road, […] Read more
100-mile cookie no piece of cake
Grandma may have been able to bake a batch of cookies using only local ingredients, but a 100-mile cookie competition in Camrose showed it isn’t that simple anymore. As part of its food theme, organizers at the University of Alberta’s Augustana campus asked bakers to bake a cookie using ingredients available within 100 miles of […] Read more
Gov’t money urged for personal care homes
The number of aging Saskatchewan residents needing care and lacking the money to pay for it has prompted a call for provincial funding for personal care homes. Darryl Binkley, president of the Saskatchewan Non-Profit Personal Care Home Association, is asking the provincial government for $2 million to $5 million to support 600 Level 1 and […] Read more
Sask. gallery sheds light on town’s dark days
BIGGAR, Sask. – Waves of new immigrants from Eastern Europe eager to start a new life in Saskatchewan in the 1920s provided the Ku Klux Klan with an easy target for its campaign of intolerance. The secret society, which grew in the southern United States from anger over losing the Civil War, turned its hate […] Read more
Ag job numbers baffling
The mystery of how Statistics Canada calculates farm jobs created or lost continued this month as the federal agency reported that in February, agriculture was the most robust job-creating sector in a Canadian economy going down the drain. It said the sector recorded an employment increase of close to 17 percent, almost 17,000 new jobs […] Read more
Grandmothers campaign helps others; growing garlic – TEAM Resources
Canadian grandmothers are taking action in support of their African counterparts. Grandmothers to Grandmothers is a campaign of the Stephen Lewis Foundation that seeks to build solidarity, raise awareness and mobilize support in Canada for Africa’s grandmothers. AIDS has orphaned as many as 13 million African children in 15 countries in sub-Sahara Africa. It is […] Read more
Bullies need self worth to have respect for others – Speaking of Life
Q: I am just sick. We had a call from the school today telling us that our son is one of a group of kids bullying other boys. Obviously, this cannot continue, but I am not sure what to do about it. Our son is in Grade 7. He should know better by now, but […] Read more
Learning on the job
CLANSWILLIAM, Man. – When asked if buying cattle at her first auction was overwhelming, Charlotte Crawley provides a quick and definite answer. “Yes, yes and yes,” said Crawley. “I’m not intimidated anymore, but it was very intimidating to begin with because I had no clue what I was doing.” Nearly four years after that first […] Read more
Types of elder abuse and resources that can help – The Law
Q: I keep hearing stories about elder abuse. What is meant by that? Is it illegal? A: By elder abuse, we are usually referring to an older person who is taken advantage of by a trusted person. An elderly person is generally seen as someone older than 65. The person in a position of trust […] Read more
