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Camelina Oil
For a souvenir that pulls double duty as a tasty and ultra-nutritious pantry addition, take home a bottle of locally produced camelina oil. The non-GMO oil is packed with good-for-you…
Manitoba Necklace
For locals sporting 'Toban pride and visitors searching for stunning souvenirs, this necklace from local designer Hilary Druxman is the perfect keepsake. This sterling silver pendant, with a small cut…
Province Pillow
Celebrate the place you love most with this keepsake. These one-of-a-kind pillows are made by local artisan Wendi Kuarsingh (@feltlovedfelt) in her home studio. Wendi uses Italian wool felt to…
Beeproject Apiaries
With 66 per cent of Canada’s total number of bee colonies housed, Manitobans are looking in a new direction to fight the declining bee numbers: urban beekeeping. The vanguards of…
OMG’s
Choconomics Local chocolatiers take on the international market. In the last decade, a new sector emerged in Canada’s three-billion-dollar chocolate market: mid-priced take-home treats. Nestlé Canada, Cadbury and Hershey maintained…
GORP Bars
Entrepreneurial Adventures A Winnipeg farmer ventures into the energy bar industry On a quest to find something easy and nutritious for her adventurous lifestyle, Colleen Dyck created the GORP clean…
Solberry
Berry Believers Humble shelterbelt finds new purpose as Manitoba’s miracle berry. A small potent orange sea buckthorn berry, that has existed on the prairies for more than eight decades, is…
WenKai Oriental Vegetables
Gargantuan Greens Eco-greenhouse in Elie yields abundant harvest. By Robin Summerfield WenKai Liu’s hands are encrusted with caked-on mud, evidence of a hard day’s work. Life is hectic at WenKai Oriental…
Nature’s Farm
Noodles Naturali Manitoba-made pasta uses egg-cellent ingredients. The words fettuccine, tortellini and linguine typically conjure up images of sun-drenched hills in Tuscany or romantic meals on the piazza. But pasta…