Agriculture & Land

Richard Brown’s Review of Corporate Land Holdings is a Total Farce

Minister Richard Brown brought a glossy slide show to the National Farmers Union Annual District Convention on Tuesday, March 19,…

7 years ago

Will Speakers at the NFU Convention Dispel Confusion over Deep Water Wells?

The National Farmers Union (NFU) will hold its Annual District Convention at the Milton Hall tomorrow (Tuesday, March 19, 2019).…

7 years ago

The Irving Land Grab in PEI

Question: "What do you do if you want to amass more and more prime farmland in PEI but you've already…

7 years ago

Remembering Angus, David, Harry and the 10 Principles & Commitments

“The driving force behind the Progressive Conservative platform [in the 1978 election] was Harry Baglole and David Weale”   - Page…

7 years ago

Why is the MacLauchlan Government Keeping Pesticide Application Data for PEI “Secret”?

If you have been reading my recent articles, you'll realize that despite almost daily assurances from Premier Wade MacLauchlan that…

7 years ago

Pushing Monsanto’s “Dekalb” GMO Corn & Soybeans!

Flipping through this morning's Guardian [November 15, 2018] I came across a full-page ad trying to entice farmers to buy…

7 years ago

Cavendish Farms and the Insanity of Unlimited Growth

I attended this morning's [November 1, 2018] Communities, Land and Environment Standing Committee hearing.   It was depressing. It was exactly…

8 years ago

“Incrementalism” and the Continuous Loss of Agricultural Land in PEI

Have you ever called PEI the "Million Acre Farm?" Yeah, well...stop doing that. It's been a very long time since…

8 years ago