The family farm in 2020
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This article was published 17/09/2020 (1865 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
The Winnipeg Free Press is heading beyond the Perimeter in 2020 to look at modern farm life and the province’s next generation of food producers.
Reporter Eva Wasney and photojournalist Mike Deal are following three sets of young farmers through the inevitable ups and downs of this year’s growing season.
Find the stories in the series below.
Young producers follow in generational footsteps, but determined to set their own path
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Farming is a family business for many Manitoban producers. Opportunities to farm are usually inherited, methods are passed down (and inevitably tweaked) and multiple generations are often found working and living together on a shared slice of land.
Farm-fresh fears: climate intangibles fertilized with stress of global pandemic
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Leave Winnipeg in any direction and you’ll quickly find yourself coasting down a flat highway surrounded by a wide expanse of farmer’s fields. It’s hard to grasp the scope from the road, but a quilt of cropland covers nearly all of southern Manitoba with urban centres poking occasional holes in the arable fabric.
Manitoba farming couples ponder their futures
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Fields that were lush and green have been reduced to brown stubble and black dirt. Fall is the end of the year for many Manitoba farmers and a season defined by hard work and high yields.
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Updated on Monday, October 19, 2020 10:19 AM CDT: Adds new story