‘There’s more profit in selling it for a house lot than growing crops’
The loss of farmland on P.E.I. is accelerating at a rate not seen in 50 years — and farmers fear there’s not enough being done to rein in the rapid changes.
Statistic Canada’s last census of agriculture, which took a snapshot of the industry in 2021, shows a 12.3 per cent loss of farmland since 2016.
