Reading Time: 3 minutes Digestion occurs automatically, so you probably don’t even think about it unless you are bothered by a complaint like indigestion. Coping with digestive complaints, however, is a multimillion-dollar business, and the products available are numerous. Your digestive tract begins at your mouth and ends at the other end with your rectum. It is responsible for […] Read more
Guide Health: Digestion 101
New life for rural churches
These rural churches are finding strength and a new sense of mission in their rural communities
Reading Time: 6 minutes In the early days of European settlement, churches played a pivotal role in rural Canada. In fact, says Rev. Dr. Cam Harder, an ordained Lutheran minister and theology professor at the University of Saskatchewan, churches were the key to the cultural life of a community. The same was true in the East, where traditionally the […] Read more
Guide Health: Maintain your mineral levels
Healthy eating can keep mineral levels good. A poor diet, though, means trouble may be brewing
Reading Time: 2 minutes Everyone thinks of rocks and stones when minerals are mentioned, but you have minerals in your body too, and they are essential to your health. Calcium is the most abundant mineral in your body with the majority of it being in your bones, but there are numerous other minerals which are essential to overall good […] Read more
Guide Health: Memory and drugs
Reading Time: 3 minutes Everyone is concerned about memory loss in old age, but before you resign yourself to dementia, check your medications. Some drugs may actually cause adverse effects that can be mistaken for memory loss. For instance, benzodiazepines used to treat stress, anxiety, and sleep problems may remain in the body causing daytime drowsiness and confusion, which […] Read more
Guide Health: Breathing easier with asthma
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Reading Time: 3 minutes More than three million Canadians have asthma, and the number seems to be increasing. This increase may come from improved diagnosis, or perhaps people are more likely to seek help for their breathing symptoms these days. An increase in our exposure to allergens or airborne particles may also be to blame, however, triggering more asthma […] Read more
The paperless farm
These search, share, and backup solutions will help you take the next step
Reading Time: 4 minutes Although predictions of a paperless office date back to the 1970s, paper use actually doubled between 1980 and 2000. However, since 2000 paper use has been on the decline. Not only will you save space, paper, and money, but proponents of paperlessness say you can also improve your productivity because you’ll be able to find, […] Read more
What to do if you, or someone you know, is having thoughts of self-harm
Having people to talk to and a good support network is vital
Reading Time: 3 minutes If someone has thoughts of harming themselves, the most important thing they can do is to seek out support, says Greg Gibson, registered clinical psychologist at Community Health Services for the Prairie Mountain Health Region based in Brandon, Man. This can be extremely difficult, particularly for someone struggling with depressive symptoms, since they may be […] Read more
Better family meetings
Increasingly, the best way to thrive as both a family and a family farm is to hold structured, effective meetings
Reading Time: 5 minutes With bigger farms, communication among everyone on the farm team gets more critical every year. These are multi-million dollar businesses, after all, and it is becoming painfully clear that our farms need to give serious thought to how they operate, just like other businesses that generate the same kinds of receipts. “We can’t just wing […] Read more
A place for women
Yes, many women are making progress on the farm. But not enough women, and not fast enough
Reading Time: 4 minutes Women may have been the first farmers, but it has been a long trek to climb to the top in today’s agriculture. Finally, however, women are making progress. Census data show between 10 and 20 per cent of farms are operated by women. Plus, on many more farms, women are key players taking on the […] Read more
Guide Health: Restless leg syndrome – more common than you think
Reading Time: 2 minutes Restless leg syndrome is just what it says it is. It is a feeling that your legs are restless, or that you want to move, accompanied by sensations such as creeping, burning, aching or itching. Often you notice restless leg syndrome when you are still, for example in bed, and you will find that movement […] Read more
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