WINNIPEG – The Manitoba Rural Adaptation Council’s (MRAC) 14th Annual General Meeting, “Pathfinding Ag Solutions,” will be held on March 18, 2010 at the Canad Inns in Portage la Prairie, Man. The AGM will feature keynote speaker John Oliver, president of Maple Leaf Bio-Concepts and Lojon Associates...
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WINNIPEG – Approximately 90 per cent of new food products fail at retail. This could be because of the basic characteristics of the product such as taste or shelf life, however, often this is associated with positioning, service elements and partnership imperatives. Module 6: Product Development:...
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WINNIPEG – Whether you’re a producer, food processor or supplier, understanding category management is crucial to the value chain process. Learn the ins and outs of this retailing concept at a Value Chain Manitoba Initiative (VCMI) workshop on Feb. 18 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ...
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WINNIPEG - Kristin Yaworski-Lowdon returns to the Manitoba Rural Adaptation Council (MRAC) as a part-time program coordinator after a one-year maternity leave. Prior to going on maternity leave, Yaworski-Lowdon was the MRAC value chain coordinator. Eugene Warwaruk remains in that position....
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The 2009 Ag in the City event, held from March 20 to 22, included a video which ran continuously on a big screen TV at the Forks Market in Winnipeg. MRAC was asked to feature one of our successful projects in the video.
This video has been posted on the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (...
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The agriculture industry is constantly changing and innovators are needed to seek solutions and move the sector forward. Join us at our 2010 AGM as we explore how MRAC can develop pathways to the future.
Keynote Speaker: John Oliver
John Oliver is president of Maple Leaf Bio-Concepts and Lojon...
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There is opportunity for growth in large industries, but the major long-term economic impact for rural communities will be in small business development in the agri-food and agri-product sector. Rural communities must be encouraged to diversify into new products and services, thus generating...
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BrettYoung Seeds Ltd. is building better crops with its new biological agriculture products. Research and development on the BioBoost line of seed inoculants began eight years ago, however it was only in 2007 that the Canadian company applied to the Manitoba Rural Adaptation Council (MRAC) for...
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A Pinawa, Man. company is hoping its new optical technology will have a significant impact on the wheat industry’s fight against fusarium.
Spectrum Scientific began researching the plant-infecting fungal disease approximately eight years ago and in 2007 applied to the Manitoba Rural...
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Derek Brewin has come full circle. As he sat around the table at the inaugural Manitoba Rural Adaptation Council meeting in 1996, Brewin had no idea that 12 years later he would join the MRAC board of directors.
“I knew about MRAC as a new way to deliver programs and I thought it was a good...
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