Sustainable Practices

l-r: Marc, Krista, and Ben Schurman (and Zoey the dog) in front of one of the new boilers
Mar 31

NEW BIOMASS BOILERS FOR LOCAL GREENHOUSE

By Cheryl Young
Finding ways to save at Schurman Family Farm Imagine if you could save 100,000 litres...
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Dec 02

GIFT IDEA-BEESWAX WRAPS

By Cheryl Young
Why not try this easy DIY idea for a practical present this holiday season? Reducing...
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Aug 01

SUMMER’S NOT OVER AND NEITHER IS LOBSTER SEASON

By Carol Horne
PEI’s sustainable lobster fishery has second season in August Every summer Islanders make the “list”...
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Mar 01

A YOUTH-LED ENTERPRISE

By Hanna Hameline
Epekwitk Gardens & Preserves engages youth through land stewardship The Epekwitk Gardens and Preserves project...
Matt Dykerman//submitted photo
Feb 01

THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS

By Hanna Hameline
Matt Dykerman: running a split operation farm Why do you choose to do what you...
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Jan 01

Waste Awareness

By Richard Schroeter
A week of conscious waste reduction Legacy. Good or bad, we all build one. Some...
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Jan 01

PEI Water Act

By Cheryl Young
Long-awaited legislation introduced Water. It’s in every facet of people’s lives, from our bodily make-up,...
Dale and Julie Hamilton of Borden with their maple logs, inoculated with shiitake mushroom mycelium. //Photo Credit: Katherine Bell
Nov 01

Cultivating a Forest of Food

By Katherine Bell
Borden family growing East Asian mushrooms in PEI Julie and Dale Hamilton of Borden are...
Brian and Lorna McMaster, The Taco Farmers, at their Charlottetown Farmers' Market booth//Photo Credit: Laura Weatherbie/Salty
Oct 01

Seed for Thought

By Evan Ceretti
Brian and Lorna McMaster, The Taco Farmers, want you to save your seeds The Taco...
The Macphail Homestead in Orwell, PEI// Submitted Photo
Sep 01

A Simple Farmhouse

By Ilona Berzins
The rustic charm of Sir Andrew Macphail Homestead Sir Andrew Macphail Homestead in Orwell, PEI...