Prince Edward Island is losing farmland at a dangerous rate, an official with the P.E.I. Federation of Agriculture warns.
The Island will lose half of its farmland by 2050 if more action is not taken to preserve it, executive director Donald Killorn said before the province’s Standing Committee on Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability on Thursday.
“This is Prince Edward Island’s most valuable natural resource,” Killorn said. “What we have here, how we produce economic impact, is with the land.”
The province lost 12.3 per cent of its farmland between 2016 and 2021, the federation of agriculture said.
