Food for Thought Magazine: published four times each year, this high quality consumer magazine features agriculture’s role in health and wellness, the environment and food safety, as well as recipes and tips highlighting agri-business and made-in-Alberta products.

Reader comments are received daily and continuously highlight that the attractive layout and recipes entice consumers to read each issue and in doing so readers learn about the benefits and diversity of agriculture and food in Alberta through interesting and factual articles that highlight Alberta products and services.

We know that food, the environment, and your health and wellness are very important to you. With the support of our partners, we are proud to publish Food for Thought four times a year in a printed version you can pick up for free at your local grocery store and bimonthly in a format we email to you.

Food for Thought is a purely Albertan magazine devoted to bringing you new recipes and tips using Alberta food products, profiling the people working to bring safe and nutritious food to your table, and informing you about issues like food safety, agriculture's role in caring for the environment and animals, and the heritage and future of agriculture and food in Alberta.

Download Food for Thought Magazine, Winter 2007

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Features

    * Chase the Chill
      Here's why you should serve them a bubbling pot of goodness.

    * Hints for St. Nick
      Take some tips for made-in-Alberta treats that they'll love

    * Gouda for You 
      Investigate the perfect party cheese platter

    * Pasta, Present and Future
      Three generations of Saccomannos make prairie Italian food.

    * Do you know the Muffin Girl
      I taught my daughter how to bake. It was a stroke of genius.

    * Cooking with Oil and Flames
      The battle of Alberta spills off the rink and into the kitchen

    * Feed the Many
      Some Albertans make holiday dinners possible for thousands of hungary Albertans

Departments

    * A Message from Growing Alberta
      Warming to the Chill

    * Travel
      Alberta's Rockies are a winter wonderland

    * Health and Safety
      Find out the latest way to eliminate the hassle, and danger, of a holiday dinner

    * City Slicker
      Jennifer checks out Zinter Brown's condiment line. Will she find herself in a jam?

    * Since You Asked
      Hothouse! Winter is tomato time in Alberta

    * Just for Kids
      Learn about some great food to give your game and edge

    * End Notes
      Poultry notes, contest, What's Coming

    * Picture Perfect
      December's cows, outside Water Valley, Alberta

Quick Bites

    * The Saucy Life
      Alberta is home to many tongue-firing, endorphin-releasing hot suaces.

    * Four Favourites
      We conducted an informal survey of professional cooks and domestic divas alike to find out what four pantry ingredients they always have on hand and often reach for when prepping something simple and tasty.

    * Gravy Training
      If You've cooked your bird and it's time to get saucy, the key to gravy perfection is in the wrist, the attitude and in not getting overly complicated. Follow these simple steps tp gravy greatness.

    * My Secret Ingredient
      By Brady Weiler, Owner & Chef, The Pipestone Food Company, Wetaskiwin

    * Spitz are it
      No matter what the event, it's likely that you'll find salted and floavoured products from the Alberta-based sunflower giant, Spitz International.

    * Chew on Super Foods
      Imagine it: lower cholesterol, fewer post-menopausal symptoms and, just maybe, a chance to lower the risk of cancer. Sounds too good to be true? It's not.

    * Bison Business
      In 2007, Canadian bison found its way from ranches into Western Canada's Safeway outlets.

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About Growing Alberta:

Launched in 1995, Growing Alberta is a non-profit organization supported by the Government of Alberta and industry that strives to increase consumers’ awareness of the province’s agriculture and food industry. We bring together producers, manufacturers and retailers in the effort to educate all Albertans about the scope and significance of the agri-food industry.

Growing Alberta creates opportunities for dialogue and discussion about the agricultural issues that matter while helping Albertans understand the potential and the possibilities that lie ahead.

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