Agriculture Resiliency Program

Through the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (2023 to 2028), the Agriculture Resiliency Program will invest more than $270,000 annually for a total investment of more than $1.3 million. A full breakdown on the three funding streams available through the Agriculture Resiliency Program can be found below.

Agriculture Resiliency Research Sub-Program:

This sub-program is designed to support research efforts and industry development activities to better evaluate and develop resilience and adaptive capacity in the Island's agriculture sector. The goal is to support the PEI agriculture industry to identify, prioritize and develop agriculture adaptation and resilience initiatives.

Extreme Weather Preparedness Sub-Program:

This sub-program supports producers to make infrastructure improvements to increase farm preparedness for extreme weather events, recognizing it can be challenging to accept responsibility for the full cost of retrofitting for future extreme weather events. This sub-program supports activities in 4 streams:

1. Extreme Wind Preparedness
2. Extreme Heat Preparedness
3. Flood Preparedness, and
4. Critical Systems Backup Power

Producer Wellness Sub-Program:

This sub-program will support producer wellness initiatives, such as but not limited to:

• Organizing and delivering mental health first aid training
• Hiring speakers or presenters
•  Networking and community events to promote community engagement around farmer wellness
• Forming community networks to improve farmer wellness
• Programs, educational campaigns, and initiatives to decrease isolation and promote farmer well-being
• Attendance fees for agricultural producers or agriculture industry organizations, clubs and associations to attend mental health workshops or training
• Administrative/overhead fees (up to 10%)

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New program to assist Prince Edward Island farmers in building resiliency