Rebecca MacSwain takes on essential role in PEI potato industry
You’d be hard pressed to find an Island potato farmer who disagrees: having good quality seed is the foundation of a good crop.
Source: pentictonherald.ca
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Anxiety and depression far above the norm for P.E.I. farmers, doctor finds
Dr. Meghan Cameron knew anxiety and depression were a problem for farmers, but she did not suspect just how bad it was.
Source: cbc.ca
P.E.I. farmer and Alberta MP team up on petition opposing fertilizer restrictions
A P.E.I. farmer and an Alberta politician are warning of higher food prices if producers are required to change the way they use fertilizer. Ottawa has set a 30 per cent reduction target for fertilizer emissions by 2030 as part of the federal government's overall climate change plan.
Source: cbc.ca
P.E.I. potato farmers still hurting after export ban
Potato farmers in Prince Edward Island are feeling the impact of lost customers one year after a four-month ban of table potato shipments to the United States began.
Source: atlantic.ctvnews.ca
A year later, P.E.I. potato growers still feeling impacts of U.S. border closure
It has been one year since the U.S. border was closed to P.E.I. potatoes because of the discovery of potato wart. It was a long, worry-filled winter for Island potato growers, and many worry it could happen again.
Source: cbc.ca