Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives
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Innovative Ideas: Recovering Phosphorus from Hog Manure
Nazim Cicek cheerfully observes brown sludge bubbling in tiny reactors in his state-of-the-art lab. The slimy stuff is hog manure collected from lagoons at four different Manitoba barns. It's all in a day's work for the University of Manitoba biosystems engineer. Read more.
Innovative Ideas: Plants Draw Water When Needed
If you tend to over-water or under-water your plants, you'll love
the self-watering system being developed at the University of
Manitoba. The system allows plant roots to draw water directly
through a capillary-irrigation system made of porous material.
Read more.
Innovative Ideas: Combining Flax and Canola Oils for Heart Health?
What happens when you take flax oil and canola oil, both
heart-healthy oils, and mix them together? It just might be a
“higher horsepower, higher octane fuel for the body,” in the words
of Dr. Peter Jones, Director of the Richardson Centre for Functional
Foods and Nutraceuticals.
Read More.
Next application deadlines: February 03, 2012 & October 05, 2012
