ALUS helps produce cleaner water on 600 acres of communal grazing land in PEI. As a non-profit organization, the Evangeline Community Pasture provides communal grasslands where its members can graze their livestock during the summer months. As an ALUS participant, the...
ALUS PEI participants Dan and Dori MacLean are the sixth generation of the MacLean family to run Dhachaidh Farms (Gaelic for ‘home,’ pronounced ‘DAW-hee’), in PEI’s Tyne Valley. Previously a dairy operation, Dhachaidh Farms now focuses on grain and oilseed production,...
“Prince Edward Island depends on the ecosystem services produced on our working landscapes,” says PEI ALUS participant Peter Townshend. “Through the ALUS program, we farmers are rewarded for our stewardship practices that go above and beyond any legislated measures.”...
An ALUS farmer in Prince Edward Island (PEI) has been awarded the 2015 Hon Gilbert R. Clements Award for Excellence in Sustainable Agriculture. John G. Hogg and his sons, Adam and Bradley, are the sixth and seventh generations of the Hogg family to operate Klondike...
