Seasonal

I have memories of choking down liver as a kid, trying to drown out the powerful taste with mountains of mustard, ketchup, and mashed potatoes. All the time, I promised myself that I would never eat it as an adult. I think this may be a familiar expe...

With the cold season upon us, you may doubt the possibility of experiencing local tastes and flavours. One only has to look outside to see that our Manitoba growing season is a very long way away.At our house, we relish local food in winter more than...

Fall is an excellent time of year to fill your freezer with local meat direct from the farm. Free range chickens or even pastured pork may be available at this time of year. Also, when cattle and sheep come off the pasture in fall, they possess all t...

Now more than ever is a good opportunity to support local farmers, artisans, and businesses.There is a wide range of products produced and hand-crafted in our area. Take a look through this guide and contact vendors directly to order products and arr...

Fresh food abounds after the summer growing season, which means there is no better time to focus on eating local. Connecting to your food, land, community and the farmers who grow it, are just some of the many reasons to focus on local and seasonal e...

Spring – the season pantries and larders traditionally run bare, and due to our long winters, it’s still a lengthy wait until local produce is available.Or so we think.Spring is actually an excellent season to enjoy local food. It may start out slow,...

Is it just me or has Christmas shopping lost some of its charm? What should be exciting and pleasurable seems to turn into a very expensive ‘to-do’ list each year, while true anticipation for Christmas gets dwarfed by the stress of getting it all don...