What's Happening
Beyond the Farm
A variety of organizations and people contribute to Rustaret’s farm-related historical, educational, environmental and agricultural endeavors. This page identifies some organizations and publications linked to the farm.
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Atlantic Veterinary College
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Ducks Unlimited
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Heritage Livestock Canada
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Island Nature Trust
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Prince Edward Island Department of Agriculture
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University of Prince Edward Island Climate Lab
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University of Prince Edward School of Climate Change and Adaptation
Publications
About Us
Brittany Spencer, “How This Farmer is Creating a Home For Rare Kerry Cattle on PEI.” CBC News, 3 January 2022.
Kristin Gardiner, “Old Breed, New Life…”. Journal Pioneer, 15 December 2021.
“Volunteer Profile”. Island Nature Trust Quarterly, July 2016
“Heritage Cattle: Jacks (and Jills) of All Trades.” Atlantic Beef and Sheep 30:4 (Winter 2019).
“The Ideal Breed of Sheep?” Atlantic Beef and Sheep 30:3 (Fall 2019).
“Restoration Project: Plant and Animal Allies Helping to Build Soil Health on Overworked Crop Land.” Rural Delivery 43:10 (May 2019).
“Kerrys Coast to Coast: Kerry Cattle Come to Rustaret Farm, PEI.” Genesis: The Journal of Heritage Livestock Canada 34:1 (Spring/Summer 2019).
“’One of the Finest Grass Countries I Have Met With’”: Prince Edward Island’s Colonial Era Cattle Trade.” Agricultural History 90:2 (Spring 2016).
“Bringing the Nutrients of the Sea to the Soil: Maintaining the Fertility of the Island Land with Seaweed.” Island Magazine 76 (Fall/Winter 2014).
“From Wine To Wood: The Goslings of London and Prince Edward Island’s Early Timber Trade.” Island Magazine 69 (Spring/Summer 2011).
"Sailor’s Hope: The Life and Times of William Cooper, Agrarian Radical in an Age of Revolutions." McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2010.
"Lady Landlords of Prince Edward Island: Imperial Dreams and the Defence of Property." McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2008.
"Rural Protest on Prince Edward Island: From British Colonization to the Escheat Movement." University of Toronto Press, 2006.