As we proceed into colder, drier temperatures, it’s common to hear reports of more joint stiffness and pain, athletic therapist Kathlyn Hossack writes.
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Maintain motion to ease joint stiffness
Fit to Farm: Simple movements can get circulation flowing within our joint cavities
Seasoning for Korea’s culinary wave
First We Eat: The influential flavours of Korean food have become part of the greater ‘Hallyu’
Not unlike K-pop, Korean cuisine has become part of the international cultural tidal wave called Hallyu, Saskatchewan chef and writer dee Hobsbawn-Smith says.
Farm families gain clarity from financial transparency
Farm Family Coach: It doesn’t mean having to share every personal expense or do away with clear boundaries in leadership
On family farms, especially multi-generational operations, being open about finances isn’t just good practice — it’s essential for business survival and harmonious relationships, Alyssa Brown writes.
Gentle treatments for pain in the neck
Fit to Farm: Built-up tensions come compliments of the season
Heading toward year-end, people unknowingly tense up against the cold and busyness, causing neck pain that can often be treated with appropriate support and gentle mobility, athletic therapist Kathlyn Hossack says.
In times of mandatory joy, try to find contentment
Farm Family Coach: We can’t force it to be the most wonderful time of the year for everyone
If we’re not feeling the joy at a time of year that seems to insist on over-the-top moments of happiness, we can allow ourselves to just try for fulfilled or content, farm family coach Kalynn Spain suggests.
Putting down roots, part 2: Potatoes
First We Eat: It didn’t take long for the versatile potato to become a staple in Europe, especially in Ireland
Saskatchewan author and chef dee Hobsbawn-Smith offers a retrospective on the potato’s cultural journey from the Americas to Europe and back, and a recipe for butter-basted baby potatoes with rosemary.
Run the farm with its people in mind
Farm Family Coach: Developing skills in HR management is especially valuable on farms with employees or a multi-generational workforce
Learning the human resources side of management and leadership is particularly helpful if your farm business has employees or a multi-generational workforce, farm family coach Lydia Carpenter writes.
What’s the best form of exercise?
Fit to Farm: We benefit from some form of resistance training at all levels of our biology, through our daily chores or otherwise
For farmers at any season of life, it’s more important to find ways of exercising that feel practical and attainable, rather than force yourself through some form of exercise that simply doesn’t fit or feel good, athletic therapist Kathlyn Hossack writes.
Putting down roots, part 1: Beets
First We Eat: Taking us back to lands left behind, beets today are the closest we get to eating a mouthful of minerals
Densely textured, richly coloured and earthy even in their seed form, beets are reminiscent of dirt for Saskatchewan writer dee Hobsbawn-Smith.
Seven ways to streamline your farm transition
Farm Family Coach: It’s not hard to find parallels between this process and your day-to-day business
Lyle Wiens, who coaches farm families and advises on grain marketing, sees parallels between marketing and farm transition planning — two decision-making areas in which farmers can feel overwhelmed.
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