Members of the Prince Edward Island Institute of Agrologists organized the 2019 Island Agrology Workshop with a theme of building resiliency in Maritime agriculture. The agenda largely focused on exploring the effect of a changing climate on agriculture in Eastern Canada as well as how...
Welcome to two of our newest PEIIA members! Morgan McNeil, P. Ag. works for the PEI Potato Board as Junior Agronomist after recently completing her M.Sc. at Dal AC. Marshall Smallman, PPA is a potato grower from O'Leary and works with a group of fellow growers in...
We hope to see you at the PEIIA Semi-Annual Meeting on November 28th! Lunch starts at 12:30 pm Speaker agenda starts at 1:00 pm Please pre-register by email: info@peiia.ca by November 21st! If you have food sensitivities, please email s.watts@pei.sympatico.ca. See you on Nov 28th at the New Haven Legion!...
Congratulations to Myah Shea, Grade 6 student from St. Louis Elementary on her 2019 Heritage Fair project, “Save the Bees.” Myah received a special award from the PEI Institute of Agrologists....
Ronda Bellefontaine, P. Ag. presenting the 2019 Agrologist of the Year Award to Steve Watts, P. Ag. Rachel Keirstead is welcomed to the AIT program by President Dan MacEachern, P.Ag. and Registrar Mette Ching, P.Ag. Newton Yorinori, P.Ag. is welcomed to the PEIIA by President Dan and...
The PEI Institute of Agrologists held their Semi-Annual Meeting on December 11th, 2018 in Kensington, PEI. Before the meeting, members went on a tour of the Schurman Family Farm in nearby Spring Valley. Marc and Krista Schurman and family run a greenhouse vegetable farm, specializing in...