ContentSkip to Main ContentAccessibility HelpnewsTop StoriesLocalClimateWorldCanadaPoliticsIndigenousBusinessThe NationalHealthEntertainmentScienceCBC News InvestigatesGo PublicAbout CBC NewsBeing Black in CanadaDeep-red field turns heads: Crimson clover is a colourful soil builder for this P.E.I. potato farm33 minutes agoDuration 2:3233 minutes agoNewsDuration 2:32Last fall, Summerside-based Linkletter Farms planted crimson clover as a cover crop, to hold potato field soil in place over the winter. Co-owner Mark MacEwen didn’t expect it to survive the icy weather the way it does in other provinces, but it did. Now he’s looking forward to seeing what it does next. CBC’s Nancy Russell and drone operator Aaron Adetuyi went to Linkletter to have a look.Related Stories P.E.I. strawberry farmer hoping more Islanders will buy local this season Province offers to buy P.E.I. potato wart index fields, take them out of agricultural production Is watercress helping or hurting P.E.I. streams? A UPEI student aims to find out Nova Scotia farms were in the red last year — again N.S. strawberry growers keep watch for possible fungal disease in cropMore from NewsVideo10:30’I didn’t kill Lilly and Jack’: Stepfather of missing N.S. kids says he passed polygraph33 minutes agoVideo2:03Bias, privacy breaches cited in demand to retract study on N.B. mystery disease CBC News New Brunswick 33 minutes agoVideo2:42Father and daughter singers from Piapot First Nation getting online acclaim33 minutes agoVideo20:41The Breakdown | Belleville drug crisis + Titan implosion explainedThe Breakdown – Full Show 2 hours agoVideo2:1710 years later, there’s still no tunnel connecting the UP Express to Line 22 hours agoTrending NowVideo0:45Why is Trump, a convicted felon, allowed to visit Canada?June 16Video8:24Disappearance of Lilly and Jack Sullivan: What we know so farThe National June 18Video1:53Missing Montreal 3-year-old found alive near Ontario highway10 hours agoVideo3:14Trump makes early G7 exit, agrees to trade talks with CarneyThe National June 17Video5:44How Iran is breaking through Israel’s air defencesThe National June 17now
Deep-red field turns heads: Crimson clover is a colourful soil builder for this P.E.I. potato farm
