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Compost in potato cuts erosion, improves yields

May 3, 2010 By Charlottetown Guardian

April 30, 2010,
Charlottetown, PEI – After more than a decade of study and research, a research
scientist from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Charlottetown (Prince Edward
Island) has cause to celebrate.

In a recently published
study, Linnell Edwards shows that adding compost to potato fields significantly
reduces erosion and improves the soil’s health.