Empowering Mothers: 5 Strategies for Career Success

By Amanda Walker Calling all superhero moms! We understand that juggling the responsibilities of motherhood while pursuing a career can be challenging. But guess what? It’s time to prioritize your …

Nutrition Facts Label Changes

Health Canada has improved the information in the Nutrition Facts tables/label on most packaged food we find in our grocery stores. People want labels that are easier to read, have more realistic serving sizes and have more easily identified amounts of calories, sugar, salt, fats and nutrients.

Healthy Eating During Ramadan

Tips for eating well and supporting one another Ramadan is a month for Muslims to demonstrate their religious devotion to their faith. Beginning after the sighting of the new crescent …

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Introduction to Canning Foods

Canning will preserve food by killing pathogens, stopping activity of enzymes and removing oxygen to create a tight vacuum seal that prevents contaminants from re-entering food. Hot Water Bath Canning …

Understanding Food Labels

Choosing healthy foods is much easier when you learn to understand food labels. Food labels contain valuable information like ingredients, nutrition information, and best before dates. Some food labels also …

Storing and Preserving Garden Tomatoes

This article was first published in the Manitoba Cooperator on September 1, 2016. Is there anything better than the first bite of a vine-ripened, sun-kissed garden tomato? As our first …

Berry Time

Berry farms are preparing for their busiest season of the year: berry picking time! Check this link for the Prairie Fruit Growers Association to find a list of berry farms …

Apple Picking Tips

By Getty Stewart, Professional Home Economist The calls for large eating and baking apples continue to come in to Fruit Share.  It’s great to know we’re rescuing so many apples …

Are You Rhubarb Savvy?

By: Getty Stewart, PHEc, B.Ed., Author of Prairie Fruit Cookbook and www.GettyStewart.com Rhubarb heralds the arrival of spring. For many of us Northern gardeners, it is the first produce we …