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Time-saving meals for busy families

We asked chef Tony Mancini how he’d cook for today’s hectic farm lifestyles

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Reading Time: 6 minutes Despite all our time-saving technology, we all seem to be busier than ever, cramming ever more things into our days. Farm work, off-farm jobs, kids’ sports, volunteer commitments plus, hopefully, at least a little time for some fun social activities and exercise for ourselves mean it can be a challenge to eat healthily. Don’t despair. […] Read more
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Health

Guide Health: Watch your balance while on sleep medications

Benzodiazepines used for sleeplessness and anxiety can make you prone to falling

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Benzodiazepines are a large group of drugs that work through the nervous system to reduce anxiety and alleviate sleeplessness. Common members include diazepam, oxazepam, lorazepam, temazepam and alzprazolam. First discovered in the 1950s, they were observed to have “taming” effects on several animal species, with the effects in monkeys leading to clinical trials in humans. […] Read more
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Guide HR, Management

Are you a good leader on your farm?

Like never before, your farm needs new leadership for a new business environment. Are you getting the job done? Rate yourself on these five key leadership traits

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Reading Time: 6 minutes Quick, name five strengths that farmers need in order to get their day’s work done. It’s simple, right? You need technological, financial, production, and mechanical skills, and of course, we should never forget hands-on experience. Now, just as fast, list five leadership skills that farmers need for success into the future… Not so easy, is […] Read more
Guide Life

Are your activities defined as passion or obsession?

“Our passions are the winds that propel our vessel. Our reason is the pilot that steers her. Without winds the vessel would not move and without a pilot she would be lost.” — Anonymous

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Years ago, I met two men, Steve and Martin, preparing their cows for a show. Both very proud of their cattle, and also proud to help bring this prestigious livestock event to their area. They told me how passionate they were. If there is one common characteristic shared by all entrepreneurs and leaders, it is […] Read more
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Guide Life

Farming families and communication skills on the farm

There are times when it’s best to treat each other like business associates instead of family

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Reading Time: 4 minutes While everyone seems to agree that good communication is essential for success on today’s multi-generational farms, many of us don’t seem to be making much progress. That’s not surprising to Reg Shandro, a Lacombe, Alta. mediator who specializes in helping farm families. After all, we get very little education on how to become good communicators, […] Read more
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Health

Guide Health: Helping the medicine go down

Trouble swallowing that pill or capsule? Here's a few tips that may make it easier

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Lack of medication adherence (that is, taking your medication as you should) is called “the other drug problem.” It’s thought that one in four people fail to take their prescribed medication, with half doing so because they struggle with compliance to their medication regime. Some don’t take their prescriptions because of drug side-effects. Others may […] Read more
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Guide HR

Culture of thankfulness works, even for farming

Guide Thrive 2015: These practical tips will help your farm tap the proven benefits of gratitude

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Reading Time: 4 minutes Your parents might have taught you to always say thank you, but even they couldn’t have known how powerful a lesson they were teaching. In order to thrive, you must be grateful. Farmers can be skeptical, but research has proven it time and again. Gratitude is essential for living a life that is experienced as […] Read more
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Health

Make your health a priority

Guide Thrive 2015: It’s easy to manage your health so you can better manage your farm. Here’s how to get started

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Reading Time: 4 minutes Often farmers overlook the first requirement for successful farming — good health. It’s too important to take it for granted. And it’s also at risk. Farmers, their families and their employees work amid myriad occupational hazards, points out Kendra Ulmer, a registered nurse with the Canadian Centre for Health and Safety in Agriculture at the […] Read more
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Guide Life

This is thriving?

Guide Reviews: Maybe there’s something we can learn from a media darling after all

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Reading Time: 4 minutes THRIVE By Arianna Huffington, Crown Publishing Group, $31.00 In her new how-to on how to succeed, and how to know you are succeeding, Arianna Huffington emerges at her ironic best, calling one chapter “Sleep your way to the top.” The irony isn’t really a surprise, but perhaps the message is (or, at least, the growing amount […] Read more
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Health

Guide Health: Smart use of antibiotics

Guide Health: Use your prescription as intended so it's fully effective

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Reading Time: 3 minutes With the discovery of penicillin by Alexander Fleming in 1928, people were able to effectively treat diseases that once killed them. While this marked the birth of modern antibiotics, the actual use of a substance derived from one living organism (i.e. mould on bread) to kill another living organism (i.e. a bacterial infection) is considerably […] Read more

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