Medicine Hat’s weekly Farmers Market is having another successful summer, says Brian Kannekens, chairman of the Stampede’s vendors executive. Kannekens believes the reason for the Farmers Market ongoing success is it fulfills a distinct niche in the city for produce and other artisan goods.
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If Alberta’s only egg processing plant wants to grow into an industry leader, it’d better get cracking.
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For nearly a year Charity Briere has enjoyed fresh eggs from her backyard.
She is one Red Deer resident who is part of a pilot project that began in earnest in February 2012 to see how urban chicken farms would work.
City council approved a pilot project looking into urban chickens at a meeting in late Febrary 2012.
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Egg Processing Innovations Cooperative is constructing an egg processing facility in Lethbridge.
The facility, which will open in the former Alpha Milk plant in North Lethbridge’s industrial park, will process a variety of egg products, but will specialize in liquid eggs. Production will begin with 5 products—liquid eggs, boiled and peeled eggs, dried egg shell, membrane, and free-range liquid egg products.
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