CBC Saskatchewan: Turning prairie pulses into flour at the University of Manitoba

Fiona Odlum — Mon, 02 Dec 2024 16:00:35 +0000

When most of us visit the baking isle in our local grocery store, we head straight for the wheat flour.

But a team of researchers at the University of Manitoba are trying to give us more options by turning pulses like lentils and chickpeas into flour.

Head researcher Chitra Sivakumar joins host Shauna Powers to explain how the synchrotron light source at the University of Saskatchewan is helping with that.

To listen to the conversation, please visit the link here with CBC Saskatchewan.

Winnipeg Free Press: Pulse industry receives $11 million injection from Ottawa

Fiona Odlum — Mon, 12 Feb 2024 19:49:43 +0000

Pulse Canada, through partner organizations such as the Manitoba Pulse & Soybean Growers, is contributing another $10 million to the research.

Pulse Canada is also recipient of the new government money.

“(This will) help support pulse farmers for the development of new varieties that meet changing market expectations,” said James House, a food and human nutrition professor at the University of Manitoba.

The funding will allow the University of Manitoba to continue collaborating with the University of Saskatchewan on yellow pea research.

House has been examining how genetic, economic and environmental factors influence the pea crops.

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CBC Saskatchewan: Turning prairie pulses into flour at the University of Manitoba

Winnipeg Free Press: Pulse industry receives $11 million injection from Ottawa