The P.E.I. Department of Agriculture has created a new 'soil first farming' brand to encourage more soil-healthy practices on Island farms and ranches, including promotional videos and a new website.

The Soil Conservation Council of Canada is encouraging people to bury their underwear in the garden. This comes as part of national soil conservation week and the Soil Your Undies Campaign.

Prince Edward Island in eastern Canada claims to be the potato capital of the world based on production per capita, with an annual harvest of 1.45m tonnes. This equates to 10t of potatoes per head ...

Discovery Farm, located in New London, P.E.I., is a commercial-scale farm that will focus on building soil health and ...

Thanks to local hero, only the PEI soil is red. SHAWNA RICHER. Murray river, pei. Published June 8, 2004. This article was published more than 18 years ago. Some information may no longer be current.

"Some soils have lost as much as 75 percent of their calcium during the past century," Pei said. "One way to respond is to add new calcium to the soil. But we can't do that everywhere that it's ...