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Chickpea curry. (Modesigns58/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Chickpea market neither bullish nor bearish

Market players awaiting harvest

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MarketsFarm — Hot and dry growing conditions earlier in the growing season cut into Canada’s chickpea yields in 2023-24, but quality should be good if the weather co-operates through the harvest. Canadian farmers planted 315,600 acres of chickpeas in 2023, which was well above the 233,800 acres seeded the previous year, according to Statistics Canada […] Read more
Kashika Sethi (l) and Rhea Thomas Thommana (r) were at Ag in Motion to represent food scientists Drs. Martin Reaney and Michael Nickerson and their 3D printer projects, including their work on printable protein-based materials, such as the pea-based “chicken leg” seen in the machine. (Becky Zimmer photo)
Crops, Machinery

At Ag in Motion: 3D printer takes aim at food ingredients

Making foods both plant-based and printable the goal

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With the development of 3D printing, the age of Star Trek replicators has arrived. For master’s student Rhea Thomas Thommana and PhD student Kashika Sethi, food replication is on the horizon as well. Thomas Thommana and Sethi were at Ag in Motion this week with a 3D printer designed to incorporate plant-based ingredients into food, […] Read more
New Canadiana Cookbooks: Eat Alberta First
Farm Life

New Canadiana Cookbooks: Eat Alberta First

First We Eat: Author Karen Anderson provides insights into Alberta people, places and ingredients as well as recipes

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To kick off a new series on modern Canadian cookbooks, I am happy to introduce the latest book from Alberta writer Karen Anderson, Eat Alberta First: A Year of Local Recipes from Where the Prairies Meet the Mountains. Full disclosure: Karen is a longtime friend, locavore dining companion, Slow Food stalwart and all-time great woman. […] Read more
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Crops

Feds lift ‘pause’ on increases in crop chemical MRLs

New set of rules also calls for 'cosmetic' pesticide use to be banned on federal lands

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Proposals to increase a crop chemical’s maximum residue limits (MRLs) on foods and food crops in Canada can again seek federal approval, after being put on temporary hold two years ago. Among several other changes, a planned new package of federal regulatory amendments will put a gradual end to a “pause” imposed in August 2021 […] Read more
File photo of the produce section at a Canadian grocery store. (FatCamera/E+/Getty Images)
General, Markets, Reuters

Canada retools inflation baskets with more focus on food, gas

Snowblowers and barbecues in, DVD players out

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Ottawa | Reuters — Canada’s national statistics agency on Tuesday revealed new weights for the basket of goods and services in its Consumer Price Index, giving more prominence to changes in the prices of food and gasoline. The reweighting, which Statistics Canada carries out every year, has historically had only a marginal impact on the […] Read more
Chocolate cake — inverted, with whipped cream and spoon.
Farm Life

Celebrating recovery with food

First We Eat: Long journey back from foot injury

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It has been 18 months since a motorcyclist knocked me down and drove over my left foot. This morning I ran seven kilometres. That achievement is due as much to the perseverance of my physiotherapist as to my own bulldog nature. At the time of the accident, I was in the Comox Valley on Vancouver […] Read more
A piece of flapper pie was on The Singing Gardener’s dessert menu, courtesy of “Jim, the Pie Guy.” The reward was a song.
Farm Life

Tips for growing spectacular geraniums

Singing Gardener: Plus a shout out to Jim, the Pie Guy

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What a pleasant surprise I had recently. Jim Hyrich, known as Jim, the Pie Guy, came by one day while I was away for a short time. In my absence he left some of his homemade flapper pie, along with an attached note: “Ted. These are a couple slices of my flapper pie. I am […] Read more
Looking for meat alternatives? How about a fresh Atlantic salmon fillet?
Farm Life

Making meatless meals

First We Eat: There are all kinds of choices if you’re giving up meat

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Ash Wednesday fell on the last Wednesday of February. It marked the start of Lent, and in the Lenten tradition of sacrifice, simple living and self-denial, I am inclined to let go of eating meat. “I think I’ll go to Boston for this year’s Passover Seder,” my husband, Dave, says over supper. Like everything else, […] Read more
The flavourful leaves of Top Bunch collards can be used for making cabbage rolls.
Farm Life

Try collards in your cabbage rolls

Singing Gardener: Here are some tips on how to grow them

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Here at my home turf in southern Manitoba, there are community gardens. The property owner rents out a piece of land during the summer to gardeners who are eager to do their own thing, and there’s always a waiting list to get a spot. The emphasis on planting as much of our own food as possible […] Read more
Whole star anise, cinnamon sticks and cloves are common ingredients in spice blends.
Farm Life

Spice it up

First We Eat: Curries come in a rich assortment of flavours and rely on many spices

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I’ve been lucky in love. Along the way, I worked hard to learn from good relationships that ended as well as from more difficult ones. Last month, my husband, Dave, and I celebrated 15 years together. They have been happy and loving years, filled with joy and the wonder of living life together as an […] Read more

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