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Easetrn It's made of 100% southern Manitoba dairy milk – and doesn't use modified ingredients as filler. This, paired with the interesting blends the company concocts, has made it a popular ingredient on some of the hipper restaurant menus around the province. Eastern Winnipeg's Unburger uses Bothwell cheddar on six of its burgers. Fusion Grill created an apple, bacon and Bothwell cheddar frittata. Fude serves it up in platters and Steinbach's Livery Barn even uses it in borscht. Beausejour & District Chamber of Commerce Blue Water Chamber of Commerce Chambre de commerce de Saint-Pierre-Jolys "It's all trial and error," Trochim says of Bothwell's flavour assortment, which ranges from your everyday cheddars and mozzarellas to the more adventurous Red Wine Aged cheddar, Madagascar Green Peppercorn, Black Truffle, the new Jamaican Jerk and Horseradish cheddar – a mild base enhanced by pure horseradish root. Falcon - West Hawk Chamber of Commerce Grunthal & District Chamber of Commerce Lac Du Bonnet & District Chamber of Commerce "Everybody has something to do with (new flavours)," Trochim says.  Photos by Steve Salnikowski "We don't have anybody sourced out that specifically creates and only creates the flavours. Better cheddar: Left: Cheese is processed, cut "And we try many more than what you see on the grocery store shelves. We try lots that don't work. But I'm not going to give any examples." Now that Bothwell – an operation of about 60 local staff, many of whose parents and grandparents have worked in the cheese business – has ingrained itself into the palates of locals, it's hoping to catch more buzz throughout the rest of Canada. It's also attracting more attention since some of its products became kosher certified over the summer. "We definitely want to expand," Trochim says. "Our cheese is distributed through the West, but we're really working on it making its way through the East." Just a short drive east from New Bothwell is Nature's Farm, another Landmark & Area Chamber of Commerce Niverville Chamber of Commerce and wrapped in the Bothwell plant. Above: Louis Riel Arts and Technology Centre takes the (cheese) cake. innovative operation that's made a name for itself among organic-loving locavores. Jackie Culley, a Winnipeg mother of two, says the Steinbachbased company's Smart Eggs – omega-3 free-run eggs and organic eggs produced by hens who move freely around the barn and feed on strict vegetarian diets – are all they're cracked up to be. "It's nice to feed your family an egg grown in more of a normal and natural situation. I also feel a farm-fresh egg grown in a natural situation is just going to be a more nutritious egg." Founded as a small poultry operation by Hermann and Sheryl Grauer in 1987, Nature's Farm branched out into the pasta business in 1993. Like Bothwell, the company specializes in farm fresh ingredients and goes bold with variety, producing everything from black fettuccine to red curry linguine and key lime chili penne.  The company also has basic pastas covered in its organic line, and pasta shapes come in every variety from petite orzo to lasagna sheets, all packaged in compost-friendly bags. Granola is Nature's Farm's latest venture, and there are three flavours so far: honey almond, molasses and seeds and maple pecan. Continued on page 39 >> Pinawa Chamber of Commerce St. Malo & District Chamber of Commerce Steinbach Chamber of Commerce New & Noteworthy >> The coffee will always be fresh at Sagkeeng First Nation when a Tim Hortons franchise opens in the new Sagkeeng Superstore next year. The new 7,944 sq. ft. facility will need 36 employees to staff a gas station and the grocery store. The Tim Hortons kiosk will require another 12 full-time and 12 part-time staff. The grand opening is slated for March 13, 2013. On a related note, kids from Sagkeeng are expected to be among campers at the Tim Hortons Children's Foundation year-round camp at nearby Sylvia Lake. The camp is also expected to open next year. Elite Fitness & Dance Inc. 10 Cedar Drive, Box 8, Niverville, MB R0A 1E0 1-204-388-6300 info@elitefitnessanddance.com www.elitefitnessanddance.com MBiz November 2012 37

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