PEIFA Today – Friday, March 17, 2017

  Local, Regional, Canadian News   Government of Canada Helps Expand Markets for small-to-medium size Canadian Food Businesses Small- and medium-sized businesses are the backbone of the Canadian economy. They provide important goods and services, create jobs...

PEIFA Today – Thursday, March 16, 2017

Local, Regional, Canadian News   What should be in the next Ag Policy Framework? Ottawa is developing a new five-year Agricultural Policy Framework this spring. What should be in it? MORE   Grain safety program to provide training, increase awareness to...

PEIFA Today – Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Local, Regional, Canadian News   ‘Chocolate milk doesn’t come from brown cows’: P.E.I. students learn about agriculture About 50 Grade 3 students at Queen Elizabeth Elementary in Kensington, P.E.I., were treated to a breakfast Tuesday that was...

PEIFA Today – Monday, March 13, 2017

Local, Regional, Canadian News   Sask. farmer and speaker wants more ethical farming, food practices A farmer and former ethics professor says that industrial farming and food transport contribute 30 per cent of the global greenhouse gas emissions that lead...

PEIFA Today – Friday March 10, 2017

Local, Regional, Canadian News   Beekeepers concerned over expected 2nd year of low blueberry prices Blueberry industry experts say there is a surplus of berries on the market that will lead to low prices again this year, and that has P.E.I. beekeepers worried....