Developing a Healthy Sleep Routine for Back to School
By Karla Fehr, PHEc Summer is winding down and, for many families, back-to-school preparations are in full swing. If this sounds like your household, there might be one thing you’re …
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 …
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 …
Handling Student Stress During a Pandemic
By Carla Falkevitch, PHEc We all feel stress, anxiety, fear, and loneliness during this time. The World Health Organization (WHO) is concerned about the consequences of Covid-19 and the effects …
Be a savvy food shopper!
By Symone Moodoo, RD Eating healthy can be quite costly but especially during these COVID-19 times. With lower income, healthy eating may seem unrealistic. Luckily, there are a handful of tips …
Secrets of Companion Planting
It is almost time to plant our gardens. You might want to choose which plants to plant beside one another, based on the following advice from Carrots Love Tomatoes by Louise Riotte …
How to parent through a pandemic and work from home
By Diana Mager, PHEc Are your mini-coworkers challenging your work day schedule? Learning how to negotiate work time and space with your partner in a makeshift home office? Feeling like …
