In a modest house in an older neighbourhood in Winnipeg s south end, there s a simple dining room table. Surrounded by four chairs, it s a traditional table as dining tables go. In most ways, in fact, it s an absolutely ordinary table, exactly like millions of similar tables in similar homes all across Canada.
But to John Toone and Carol Drosdowech, it s a very special table. It s their family dinner table.
For farmers, it s a very special table too, because of the food that s getting eaten there.
Every night at about 5 p.m., the Toone-Drosdoweches sit down to their evening meal. The couple talks about the events of the day. They plan for the next day, and they enjoy a little time together with their two young children, a boy who s five and a two-and-a-half year-old girl.
We re big on a sit-down meal every night, says Toone.
