The act of eating occurs repeatedly on life’s continuum, and marshalling your ingredients to do double duty is just good sense.
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First We Eat: Preparing ingredients to do double duty is just good sense
Seedy Saturdays
First We Eat: A freshly pulled carrot from the garden will remind you why this vegetable is such a mainstay
Back in March, I joined a crowd of people purposefully moving from booth to table to booth at St. Mary’s Wellness and Education Centre in Saskatoon. The occasion was the annual Seedy Saturday, an opportunity amidst the snow and ice for gardeners to buy seeds and think about spring. Seedy Saturdays occur across Canada under […] Read more
Lots of good reasons to grow carrots
Plus, Happy New Year greetings
Well, howdy folks howdy! It’s a brand new year. 2023 has arrived. I once entered a song I wrote more than 25 years ago into an international song writing competition. It became one of 10 songs chosen that received “honourable mention” from among thousands of entries received. I still sing all verses of that song […] Read more
Russia to ban some imports of seeds from Canada, Europe
Canada's Prograin soybean seed on list
Moscow | Reuters — Russia will ban imports of some seeds from several locations in Europe and Canada from Aug. 15, its agriculture safety watchdog said on Thursday, citing non-compliance by suppliers with phytosanitary requirements as the reason. Imports of tomato and carrot seeds will be banned from a nursery of Satimex Quedlinburg, in Germany, […] Read more
Information on planting carrot seeds and some varieties to try
Plus, how to make tomato dust and how to use it
As I write this, a massive winter blast is headed toward southern Manitoba. Despite late-season nasty weather I remind myself that, “No winter lasts forever — no spring skips its turn.” What say you that we plant carrot seeds this issue? It’s OK with me if it’s OK with you. After all, next to tomatoes […] Read more
Campbell to sell Bolthouse Farms for US$510 million
Reuters — Campbell Soup Co. said on Friday it would sell its Bolthouse Farms business to an affiliate of private equity firm Butterfly Equity for US$510 million, in the U.S. food company’s first major sale as part of its plan to reduce debt. With the completion of deal, expected by July, Campbell will have divested […] Read more
Farmers return to vegetable patch as currency slumps
Reuters — Canadian farmers are cashing in on the highest vegetable prices in years, helped by the country’s weak currency and soaring costs of U.S. imports that have made them unexpected winners in a bearish commodity world. Soft wheat and canola prices may diminish Canadian farm incomes by nine per cent this year. But it […] Read more
Vegetables straight to consumers, year round
B.C. / Yukon: Outstanding Young Farmer Lydia Ryall gets her organic vegetables into the hands of her grateful customers 12 months of the year
Lydia Ryall, the 2014 Outstanding Young Farmer nominee for the B.C./Yukon region grows vegetables and pastures a flock of 100 laying hens on her 10 acre certified organic farm on Westham Island off the B.C. west coast. From a young age, she knew she wanted to be a farmer. She kept her eyes on that […] Read more
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