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PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND GRACE NICOSIN PD 1 Slide 2 THE CAPITAL CITY CHARLOTTETOWN Slide 3 THE FLAG BASED UPON THE ARMORIAL BEARINGS OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, THE FLAG CONTAINS A GOLD HERALDIC LION WHICH ALSO APPEARED ON THE COAT OF ARMS FOR PRINCE EDWARD, DUKE OF KENT (FOR WHOM THE PROVINCE WAS NAMED) AND ON THAT OF KING EDWARD VII, WHO GRANTED THE BEARINGS. Slide 4 THE PROVIDENCE BIRD BLUE JAY Slide 5 Facts about blue jays Blue jays are actually gray but light refraction causes the light to bend into a blue wavelength. They are aggressive and will raid other birds' nests, steal eggs, young birds, and even the nests. They are omnivores and, when they hunt, they hunt more than they can eat. Blue jays catch ants and wipe them across their wing feathers in a behavior called anting. It is believed that the ant's formic acid may act as an antiseptic on the blue jay's skin. Blue jays can mimic the sound of other birds including the scream of a red-shouldered hawk. Slide 6 THE FLOWER CYPRIPEDIUM Slide 7 Facts about the Cypripedium Its scientific name is cypripedium but it is really an orchid named the pink ladys slipper. The exotic looking flowers have claret petals that frame a beautiful bright yellow pouch the slipper orchids, which comprise around 150 species from five genera, are easily found from other orchids by the slipper-like pouch formed by the lower petal Slide 8 THE TREE RED OAK Slide 9 Red oak facts The red oak is one of the largest and most important timber trees. One of the fastest growing of the oaks, it attains a to 80 feet and a diameter of two to three feet. It has a wide, spreading head with few far reaching branches. The fruit is a large, broad, rounded acorn with a very shallow disk-like or saucer-shaped cup or cap. The twigs are small, slender, greenish brown to dark brown. On young branches the bark is smooth and gray to greenish. On the trunk it breaks into long, narrow, shallow ridges flat and smooth on top. The underbark is light red. Leaves: Contain tannin, a substance that makes the leaves leathery and hinders decomposition. Dark red, fading to brown but may remain on the tree well into the fall. Slide 10 AGRICULTURE PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND IS A GREAT PLACE TO FARM. THE ISLAND HAS A TOTAL LAND AREA OF 1.4 MILLION ACRES WITH APPROXIMATELY 594,000 ACRES CLEARED FOR AGRICULTURAL USE. AGRICULTURE IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE RURAL WAY OF LIFE ON PEI WITH 3.7 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION LIVING ON FARMS. Slide 11 What prince Edward island produces Slide 12 POTAT OES POTATOES REPRESENT PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND ' S SINGLE LARGEST AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY IN TERMS OF FARM CASH RECEIPTS. POTATOES ARE PROCESSED INTO FROZEN POTATO PRODUCTS AND CHIPS. THEY ARE ALSO SUPPLIED TO THE FRESH TABLE MARKET IN EASTERN CANADA, THE UNITED STATES, AND OVERSEAS. PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND SEED POTATOES ARE SHIPPED ACROSS CANADA AND AROUND THE WORLD TO OTHER POTATO PRODUCING REGIONS. APPROXIMATELY 90,500 ACRES OF POTATOES ARE PLANTED IN 2014. Slide 13 GRAINS AND OILSEEDS GRAINS AND OILSEEDS ARE PRIMARILY GROWN IN ROTATION WITH POTATO CROPS. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THERE WERE 111,500 ACRES OF WHEAT, OATS, BARLEY AND MIXED GRAIN AND 60,000 ACRES OF OILSEEDS PLANTED ON THE ISLAND IN 2013 APPROXIMATELY 14% OF THE SOYBEAN ACREAGE IN 2013 WAS EXPORTED TO JAPAN TO BE PROCESSED INTO TOFU AND MISO. ALTERNATIVE CROPS ARE BEING GROWN AND PRESSED FOR OIL GRAIN AND OILSEED CROP WAS ESTIMATED TO BE $45 MILLION. Slide 14 FRUIT FRUIT PRODUCTION IS VERY DIVERSE ON PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. LOWBUSH BLUEBERRIES MAKE UP THE LARGEST ACREAGE OF COMMERCIAL FRUIT CROPS AT 13,000 ACRES. COMMERCIAL CRANBERRY BOGS AND STRAWBERRY FIELDS ARE LOCATED ACROSS THE PROVINCE. STRAWBERRY NURSERY STOCK IS PRODUCED FOR EXPORT TO SOUTHERN USA. TWENTY THOUSAND APPLE TREES FILL ISLAND ORCHARDS, AND THE INDUSTRY IS EXPANDING RAPIDLY. SPECIALTY FRUITS INCLUDING RASPBERRY, GOOSEBERRY, ROSE HIPS, AND HIGHBUSH BLUEBERRY ARE PRODUCED ON SMALL ACREAGES Slide 15 BEEF BEEF PRODUCTION IS A PART OF 40 PERCENT OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND FARMS. THE BEEF INDUSTRY IS COMPRISED OF TWO MAIN SECTORS; COW-CALF OPERATIONS WHERE CALVES ARE RAISED TO THE FEEDER STAGE AND BEEF FEEDLOTS THAT PURCHASE THE FEEDERS TO FINISH FOR MARKET. THE AVERAGE COW-CALF HERD IS 40 COWS. CALVES ARE SOLD TO FEEDLOTS THROUGHOUT THE MARITIMES, ONTARIO AND QUEBEC THERE ARE SEVERAL SMALL ABATTOIRS THAT PROCESS BEEF FOR THE LOCAL MARKET AND ONE FEDERALLY INSPECTED FACILITY, ATLANTIC BEEF PRODUCTS INC., WHICH PROCESSES BEEF FOR THE CANADIAN DOMESTIC MARKET AND FOR EXPORT TO THE UNITED STATES. Slide 16 VEGETABLES VEGETABLES ARE AN IMPORTANT CASH CROP FOR MANY ISLAND FARMERS. THEY ARE AVAILABLE AS FRESH AND PROCESSED FARM PRODUCTS FOR CONSUMERS IN ATLANTIC CANADA. A CORE GROUP OF DIVERSIFIED GROWERS PRODUCE A SIGNIFICANT PERCENTAGE OF THE FRESH MARKET VEGETABLE ACREAGE. CAULIFLOWER AND CARROTS ARE SHIPPED TO OFF-ISLAND PROCESSORS. RUTABAGA, CARROTS, ONIONS AND CABBAGE ARE STORED AND SOLD THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MARKETS. Slide 17 DAIRY DAIRY PRODUCTION HAS BECOME HIGHLY SPECIALIZED AND MECHANIZED. THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 180 DAIRY FARMS ON PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND WITH MILK COW HERDS RANGING IN NUMBER FROM 20 TO MORE THAN 300 COWS. ANNUAL MILK PRODUCTION EXCEEDS 100 MILLION LITERS. FOURTEEN PERCENT OF THIS PRODUCTION MANUFACTURED INTO BUTTER, CHEESE, ICE CREAM AND OTHER DAIRY PRODUCTS. Slide 18 PIG/PORK/HOG HOG PRODUCTION IS IN A PERIOD OF TRANSITION IN PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 20 FARMS ON PEI MARKETING JUST UNDER 62,000 HOGS. Slide 19 EGGS EGG PRODUCTION ON PEI ACCOUNTS FOR APPROXIMATELY $6.74 MILLION OF FARM CASH. EGG PRODUCTION IN 2013 WAS APPROXIMATELY 3.427 MILLION DOZEN, OF WHICH 1.675 MILLION DOZEN CONSUMED LOCALLY AND 1.752 MILLION DOZEN EXPORTED TO BREAKING PLANTS IN ONTARIO AND QUEBEC. Slide 20 FUR FUR FARMING ON PEI IS MADE UP OF ELEVEN MINK FARMS AND THREE FOX FARMS AS REPORTED IN 2012 AGRICULTURE STATISTICS. IN 2012 THE REPORTED VALUE OF MINK PELTS PRODUCED WAS $11.33 MILLION AND 135,000 MINK WERE PELTED. Slide 21 INDUSTRIES Slide 22 FAMOUS PEOPLE JOEY KITSON SINGER ANNE OF GREEN GABLES FICTIONAL PERSON, NOVEL LORIE KANE GOLFER WILLIAM HENRY POPE LAND AGENT, LAWYER, JURIST TWO HOURS TRAFFIC MUSIC GROUP MICHAEL THOMAS LONG-DISTANCE RUNNER Slide 23 SCENIC PLACES GREEN GABLES BORDEN CARLETON VISITOR INFORMATION CENTER PEI NATIONAL PARK Slide 24 PEI FUN FACTS BEER AND SODA (OR POP) WAS NOT SOLD IN CANS ON PEI UNTIL MAY 2008. POTATOES REPRESENT OVER 1/3 OF FARM REVENUE FOR THE PROVINCE AND PEI REPRESENTS NEARLY 1/3 OF CANADIAN POTATO PRODUCTION. Slide 25 THE MOTTO OF PEI THE MOTTO, "PARVA SUB INGENTI" MEANS "THE SMALL UNDER THE PROTECTION OF THE GREAT"