Potatoes in Canada

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P.E.I. potato farmers plant flower-filled ‘refuge fields’ for pollinators

July 9, 2020  By CBC News


A growing number of P.E.I. potato farmers are planting small fields of flowers and other plants to provide a friendly spot for bees and other pollinators.

Researchers at the P.E.I. Potato Board are also hoping that the plants will have some added benefits when the next crop of potatoes goes into the fields. “It’s planting that diversity of species that can do different things for the soil characteristics, that help with feeding the soil microbes, that help with soil compaction, that help with fixing nitrogen,” said Ryan Barrett, research and agronomy specialist with the board. | READ MORE

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