WINNIPEG – Manitoba producers, processors and retailers are joining forces to create two new value chains – the Organic Sunflower Value Chain and the Manitoba Lamb Value Chain.
The goal of the Organic Sunflower Value Chain is to develop a sustainable method of providing Manitoba organic sunflower...
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We are happy to announce that there have been two births in the MRAC family in the past two weeks:
Congratulations to MRAC board director Ryan Canart and his wife Susan on the birth of their baby boy, Finn William, on June 29, 2010.
Congratulations to MRAC value chain coordinator Eugene...
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The Manitoba Habitat Heritage Corporation (MHHC) is hoping to determine riparian health in agricultural watersheds through a study conducted along Joubert Creek in southeastern Manitoba.
With funding from the Manitoba Rural Adaptation Council, MHHC has partnered with the Seine-Rat River...
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Ducks Unlimited Canada is hoping the information generated from a project funded by the Manitoba Rural Adaptation Council will lead to programming that will encourage restoration and preservation of wetlands to protect water quality.
“Until now there hasn’t been much work done on nutrients and...
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As I guide my car down the dusty gravel roads near Fisher Branch, Man., I see cattle, grass and bush almost every direction I turn. I’m greeted by a statue of a baby calf at the entrance of G7 Ranch, the home of MRAC director Betty Green and her husband Robert. Green scrambles to clean up the...
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After eight years, Marnie Feeleus has finally connected all the links in her value chain.
“I didn’t know what a value chain was but it turns out I was trying to run my business on that model,” says the owner of Fresh Option Organic Delivery in Winnipeg.
With assistance from the Value Chain Manitoba...
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VCMI activities continue to focus on project development with less emphasis on tradeshows and events as we head into the summer months. VCMI attended the 2010 Manitoba Food Processors Association’s AGM, the Great Manitoba Food Fight and made presentations to the Rural Team and Steinbach Secondary...
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Miles of bush descended into more miles of bush as we wound our way around the many lakes scattered across central Manitoba. The MRAC board of directors and staff chartered a Greyhound bus and travelled north to The Pas, Man. for a board meeting from June 23 to 25. Fortunately there wasn’t time to...
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A growing number of Canadian farmers use social media sites such as Facebook, according to a recent Farm Credit Canada study.
The study found most producers use social media to stay in touch with family and friends, to research information and to remain current with industry news.
In an effort to...
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Since April 1, 2009, the Manitoba Rural Adaptation Council (MRAC) Board of Directors has approved Canadian Agricultural Adaptation Program (CAAP) funding for 32 projects for a total commitment of approximately $2.5 million.
CAAP is a five-year (2009-2014), $163 million Agriculture and Agri-Food...
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