Introducing #FridayFeature! 📸 Each week we’ll be spotlighting photos from the field. #DYK you can propagate #willow 🌳 by cutting branches in the winter months. This week with help from Kensington North Watersheds Association we collected 2000+ willow cuttings for summer projects! #PEIAg

April 16-22 is National Soil Conservation Week! Looking for something fun to do during #CDNSoilWeek23? Why not give #soilyourundies a try? Details found here: ow.ly/HbbU50NL9li

National Soil Conservation Week April 16-22. If you eat #food, you have #soil to thank for it. We need healthy soil, not only for the food we eat but for other benefits such as cleaner air and water and support for #biodiversity. #CDNSoilWeek23 #CdnAg #SoilHealth

If you have a minute or two, stop into @ConfedCentre & check out the 👍🏻👍🏻heritage fair. Beyond heart warming to see all these exhibits. Great job, Jack Shaw & all the others. Lots of fishing &farming exhibits & a super Abegweit First Nation exhibit by Colin Bernard. 👍🏻

#MemberMonday! 👨‍🌾 Introducing Jordan Visser of Victoria Potato Farm in Victoria, PEI! With years of insight and experience, Jordan recognizes the importance of diversifying farming practices to promote soil health and sustainability. Read more: eastprinceassociation.com/victoria-potat… #PEIAg

#MemberMonday! 👨‍🌾 Introducing D’Arcy Mulligan and Jason Webster of MWM Farms Ltd in Middleton, PEI. D'Arcy and Jason share a deep passion for agriculture and making a positive impact on their community and the environment. Read more: eastprinceassociation.com/mwm-farms-ltd/ #PEIAg

JULY 7- Deadline to submit photos to Celebrate PEI Agriculture. Categories are: Farmscapes, Commercial Fisheries & Aquaculture, Celebrating Farming Families, PEI’s Next Generation Farmers, Fresh from the Land, Animals of Agriculture, Wild Side, & Youth. princeedwardisland.ca/agriphotoconte…

Join PEI Agriculture and guest speaker Peter Johnson on Tuesday, November 21st for a soil health webinar!

Really great stories of our agricultural friends and neighbours. I encourage everyone to have a peek at these well written articles. Love it!!

DYK that the Department of Agriculture is helping put on a Webinar Series on soil health? Check out the graphic below for how to sign up easily!

PEI Soil and Crop Conference March 6 and 7, 2024 in Summerside. Agenda at peiscia.ca Highlights: Peterson Farm Bros; Tom Wolf sprayer guru; Protecting agricultural land panel. Register now at (902) 432-0462 or atlanticgrainscouncil.ca

So much good in this! 💪🏻She started wrestling at Athena in #Summerside #PEI & now she is going to the #Olympics! 🤼‍♀️ Amazing dedication, determination, sacrifice & hard work. 🎉Congrats #HannahTaylor 🥳 #PEIProud

STILL TIME!!! PEI Soil and Crop Conference March 6 and 7, 2024 in Summerside. Agenda at peiscia.ca Highlights: Peterson Farm Bros; Tom Wolf sprayer guru; Protecting agricultural land panel. Register now at (902) 432-0462 or atlanticgrainscouncil.ca

The PEI Soil & Crop annual conference scheduled for tomorrow March 7th has been postponed until Friday March 8 at Credit Union Place, Summerside - registration opens at 8:15 am.

Soil Conservation Week in Canada is April 21 to April 27. This week is an initiative of Soil Conservation Council of Can. PEI Soil & Crop recipients of the Soil Conservationist of the Year Award 2024 is Andrew Lawless and Justin Rogers. Congrats to two great farms.

#FridayFeature! 📸 It’s #CdnSoilWeek24 🙌 #DYK Soil produces 95% of our food? Despite its importance, soils continue to face challenges like urban expansion & climate change. Farmers & land managers lead the charge in conservation efforts, but we all have a role to play!

Back in the field for 2024. Laying out erosion mat at Goldenrod Dairy Farm, South Granville. Many thanks to the folks from Kensington North Watersheds Association, Trout River Environmental Committee, PEI Watershed Alliance and the 2 Billion Trees Program for braving the cold, wet weather and helping out.

Welcome back to our Living Lab – PEI #ParticipantProfile Series! 👏👀 Meet Soil and Water Conservation Engineer Kurtis Rooke from the PEIDA! 💧🌱 “I like the ways we can tailor Living Lab trials to what works best for the farmer and their operation.”  #AgLivingLab

Don't miss out on this event happening tomorrow morning! #PEIAg

In lieu of speaker gifts the presenters at the 2025 Taking Charge- Grain and Oilseeds Conference agreed to support 4-H PEI. 🍀