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Bibeau To Visit Manitoba's Drought Stricken Interlake Region

Agriculture and Agri-Food (AAFC) Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau will tour farms today in the drought-stricken Interlake Region.

A media event will be held at the Forks, where Bibeau will highlight ongoing support measures for Manitoba and Canadian farmers impacted by extreme weather.

Manitoba Beef Producers (MBP) will be part of the tour.

"There's just no denying how dire the situation is and being able to have her meet with individuals directly affected by it and forced to sell their animals to address it, I think it really is important in order to really make the point. I'm heartened by the fact that she's making the trip," said MBP President Tyler Fulton.

Fulton says there's some aspects of an AgriRecovery program that they think is really necessary and one that the board agrees on.

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Alberta Honey: A Day at Molenkamp Honey Farms

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When was the last time you read the label on your honey?

We spent a day at Molenkamp Honey Farms with Michael Molenkamp, who has been keeping bees for 17 seasons and runs three to four thousand hives. In mid-September, he was finishing treatments and getting his bees ready for winter, and he walked us through how Alberta honey gets made.

Alberta has just 150 commercial beekeepers running 300,000 colonies, and together they produce 40% of Canada’s honey. Long summer days and golden canola fields give Alberta honey a light flavour that’s hard to match anywhere else.

Molenkamp calls Alberta beekeepers some of the most resilient farmers he knows. There’s plenty of Alberta honey to go around, but a lot on our shelves isn’t from here, so his ask is simple. Give the label a second look and choose honey made by Alberta beekeepers, or buy straight from a beekeeper near you.