Winnipeg Free Press By: Gillian Brown | Posted: 7:00 PM CDT Monday, Jul. 12, 2021 Save to Read Later
From lack of winter snowfall to spring frost to summer drought, Manitoba's small berry farm operators are feeling squeezed.
From lack of winter snowfall to spring frost to summer drought, Manitoba's small berry farm operators are feeling squeezed.
Some are being forced out of the industry all together.
After more than a decade of operation, Colleen and Mark Edmunds have made the difficult decision to retire from Grunthal Berries following the 2021 season.
The two planted their first berry crops some 70 kilometres south of Winnipeg because of their love of the outdoors and passion for farming. However, the stresses that come with increasingly variable and volatile of Prairie weather, and recent extreme weather conditions, have proved too much.
NBC News Created: January 14, 2021 08:42 PM
(NBC News) Blood banks nationwide are in a precarious position this January, National Blood Donor Month.
"We have about a two-day supply right now," says Dr. Claudia Cohn, Chief Medical Officer of the Association of American Blood Banks.
Between the holidays and inclement weather winter is typically a tough season. Now it’s compounded by the pandemic.
"We need everyone who can to go out and donate a unit of blood," Dr. Cohn says. "We know that we're asking a lot because everyone is exhausted. But we need you to just dig deep."
That’s especially true in some of the hardest hit areas, like Southern California.
(NBC News) – Blood banks nationwide are in a precarious position this January, National Blood Donor Month.
“We have about a two day supply right now,” says Dr. Claudia Cohn, Chief Medical Officer of the Association of American Blood Banks.
Between the holidays and inclement weather winter is typically a tough season. Now it’s compounded by the pandemic.
“We need everyone who can to go out and donate a unit of blood,” Dr. Cohn says. “We know that we’re asking a lot because everyone is exhausted. But we need you to just dig deep.”
That’s especially true in some of the hardest-hit areas, like Southern California.