For years, Marie Salway offered the kind of advice people needed but couldn’t get.
Her specialty: common sense.
“She took a common sense approach to family living in rural areas,” said Debora Lyall of Manitoba Agriculture’s home economics section.
“She took a holistic approach to whatever it was she was talking about. It was never just the medical model. It was never just the psychological model. It was looking at the whole model, as home economists do.”
Salway, whose column Butter Side Up ran in Grainnews for 16 years, was inducted into the Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame Aug. 22. Lyall said her nomination wasn’t controversial.
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“Lots and lots of people were supporting Marie’s name,” said Lyall.
Salway, who was born in 1926 in Oakville, Man., and died in 1995 in British Columbia, worked as a nutritionist for the public health department in Steinbach, Man., and then as a public health educator.
Lyall said Salway’s columns cut through the technical talk on some issues and offered approaches and solutions that average families could use.
“She talked about keeping the balance in your life in relation to the work and the stress of a farming business,” said Lyall.
“She focused on the strong relationships that are necessary within the family in order for the farm business to be a success.”
