Evaluation Report: Mental Health Promotion Policy (2020)
This report provides the results of an evaluation of the PEI Department of Agriculture and Land's Mental Health Promotion Policy (April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020)
Every spring, farmers across PEI head back into the fields to plant a new crop that will provide top quality food and drive our local economy – but what is not discussed is the toll farming can take. To coincide with our local planting season, as well as Mental Health Week in...
Prince Edward Island’s farmers and their families have a new resource to help them deal with the mental and emotional stress that can come with farming life. The new website www.farmerstalk.ca encourages farmers, producers and family members to open up about the challenges they...
This publication is intended to give direction for sustainable manure management practices on Prince Edward Island, as well as for beneficial management practices current at the time of publication.
The Department of Agriculture is conducting a confidential survey to better understand the factors affecting mental health within the farming community in Prince Edward Island. What is the goal of this survey? This survey is part of a research project that follows up on Dr...
Three Island schools will have more fresh, local food on their menus through a program aimed at improving food security and education. The Food Security and Food Education Program will help Islanders access local food and teach about its nutritional value, where it comes from...
“Soil health” is a term often used to define the ability of a soil to function. It focuses on all three primary soil properties: the physical, chemical, and biological components and how they affect plant productivity. By testing soil health parameters, we can better understand...
Telling the story of Canadian Agricultural Partnership in PEI - Charlottetown Rural High School Story
This Report presents information with respect to the performance of the initiatives the Department of Agriculture and Land established to address the impacts of COVID-19 restrictions on the agriculture industry, the food supply system and the provincial economy.
Community groups, schools, and early childhood centres will have more resources to teach Islanders about fresh, local food – including the students at Queen Elizabeth Elementary in Kensington. Research coordinator Karen Murchison of the PEI Certified Organic Producers Cooperative...