PEI Certified Organic Producers Cooperative
Producer Based – Consumer Driven
Podcast Episode #3 – Dexter Cattle Company is ready for your listening pleasure. Mike Lafortune took Hanna Hameline and Alison Jenkins to see some of his Dexter Cattle. While the cattle nuzzled up for scratches, Mike talked about what it’s like to be an organic beef farmer on P.E.I.
The COPC called for regulation to protect the meaning of “organic,” encouraged renewed funding for farmers and continued support for the PEI Certified Organic Producers Cooperative.
Karen Murchison, Amy Smith and Marc Schurman spoke at the Legislative Assembly of PEI Standing Committee on Agriculture and Fisheries March 17.
Listen here as standing committee members take an interest in organic farming.
See the standing committee’s report from the second session. Four out of five recommendations were directly related to COPC’s March presentation!
The transcript of the March 17 meeting is available to read.
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Episode 2 – Homesteading with the Prinsloos
Hanna visited with PEI COPC Members Quintin and Natalie Prinsloo of Schelumiel Farm. They talked about transitioning from city to country life and learning how to homestead along the way.