Sustainability

Sustainability

Feds fund research towards adoption of clean technologies and practices in P.E.I.

Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay today announced an investment of $895,000 to the East Prince Agri-Environment Association to study the beneficial environmental effects of planting...

Updated organic potato production guide available

Cornell University has released an updated version of its guide for organic potato production. The 2016 Organic Production and IPM Guide for Potatoes provides an outline...

New publications encourage Canadian honey bee health

The Bee Health Roundtable recently published two documents related to honey bee health: Canadian Best Management Practices for Honey Bee Health is a useful manual...

Soil Health Key for Long-Term Potato Production

A key feature of healthy soil is the quality and quantity of soil organic matter. Across North America, most potato crop yields have been on...

Strain Tracking

Information on shifting late blight strains is helping to control this devastating disease. Through a national initiative, Canadian researchers have found that late blight strains...

Potatoes and Water Management: From Deluge to Drought

Potato producers know all too well that controlling Mother Nature is as likely as reigning in a two year-old. In either case, you’re doomed...

Feds fund research towards adoption of clean technologies and practices in P.E.I.

Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay today announced an investment of $895,000 to the East Prince Agri-Environment Association to study the beneficial environmental effects of planting...

Updated organic potato production guide available

Cornell University has released an updated version of its guide for organic potato production. The 2016 Organic Production and IPM Guide for Potatoes provides an outline...

New publications encourage Canadian honey bee health

The Bee Health Roundtable recently published two documents related to honey bee health: Canadian Best Management Practices for Honey Bee Health is a useful manual...

Soil Health Key for Long-Term Potato Production

A key feature of healthy soil is the quality and quantity of soil organic matter. Across North America, most potato crop yields have been on...

Strain Tracking

Information on shifting late blight strains is helping to control this devastating disease. Through a national initiative, Canadian researchers have found that late blight strains...

Potatoes and Water Management: From Deluge to Drought

Potato producers know all too well that controlling Mother Nature is as likely as reigning in a two year-old. In either case, you’re doomed...