Local Journalism Initiative
You’d be hard pressed to find an Island potato farmer who disagrees: having good quality seed is the foundation of a good crop. This makes Rebecca MacSwain, the PEI potato board’s new seed specialist, an essential player in the industry which annually contributes over $1 billion to the Island’s economy. “It’s huge,” said farmer Alex Docherty about the importance of the role. Mr Docherty’s family has grown hundreds of acres of seed and commercial potato crops for decades in Elmwood and he is happ