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Agriculture

Agriculture Sector Employer Hiring Practices

Amalgamated Dairies Limited (ADL)

Summerside

Clohossey Farms

Nail Pond

Fortune Bridge Farms/ Toby’s Farm Market

Fortune Bridge

Green Diamond Equipment

Stratford, Summerside, & Bloomfield

Healthy Berries

Montague

J & D Custom Butchery

Pooles Corner

Jasper Wyman & Son Canada Inc.

Morell

Landscape Management Network (LMN)

Charlottetown

Mid Isle Farms

Albany

Natures Crops International

Kensington

PEI Bag Company

Central Bedeque

PEI Watershed Alliance (PEIWA)

Island-wide

Prince Edward Hop Farms

Tignish

Skygate Videography Inc.

Slemon Park

Vanco Farms

Oyster Bed Bridge, Pisquid, York, West Covehead, Cherry Valley and Mt. Albion

Veseys Equipment

York

West Prince Animal Supplies – Pet, Farm & Tack Store and West Prince Veterinary Hospital

O’Leary


Careers in agriculture account for one of every eight jobs on PEI, and the number is increasing.

The PEI Agriculture Sector Council is a non-profit organization which provides a vehicle for effective industry participation in identifying and addressing human resource issues in the agriculture industry.

At the age of 30, Laurie Loane, Executive Director, PEI Agriculture Sector Council, was asked about her career passion for the first time.

“No one had asked me that before. I had to stop and think about whether I was in the right place workwise in my life. What did I want to do every day? What made me get out of bed looking forward to the day and what made me feel good at the end of the day? The first thing I thought of was being directly in an agriculture career, which has been my ambition since I was young.”

According to Statistics Canada for the province of PEI, 3,600 people worked in Agriculture in 2021.

Hiring needs in the agriculture sector across the province

There are many opportunities in agriculture on PEI, and again this year, students in high school and post-secondary can receive a bursary when working in agriculture.

Sarah Jay, Employment Officer, PEI Agriculture Sector Council.

Jobs in demand include Class 3A Drivers and class 1 Drivers, Farm Machinery Mechanics, and Farm Labourers.

Sarah Jay is the Employment Officer with the PEI Agriculture Sector Council and the promoter of Team Food Island. “My role is to promote careers in Agriculture along with highlighting our Team Food Island Summer Student Job Bonus Program.”

She is responsible for advertising all the jobs available across the Island and helping job seekers match with employers in agriculture. This summer, the Agriculture Sector Council will again offer Class 3A Training to all agriculture workers. This four-to-five-day training program qualifies Drivers to drive farm potato trucks. “This is a popular program which allows people to be trained and ready for the season.

“Since transportation to our rural communities can be difficult, we are looking at ways to help job seekers determine how to get to the farm locations.

“The work is steady during the spring, summer and fall, and there certainly are year-round opportunities as well.”

To learn more about jobs in agriculture, call or email the Agriculture Employment Officer: Charlottetown at 902-892-259 or 1-866-892-1091, info@peiagsc.ca

Visit www.peiagsc.ca and click Employment

Discover more occupations with this question:


Local education/training

  • Truck and Transport Mechanic Apprenticeship training now available on PEI
  • Atlantic Veterinary College
  • More Long and Short-term courses and programs
  • PEI Farm Technician Apprenticeship program

Resources to further explore the field

  • PEI Agriculture Sector Council
  • PEI ADAPT Council
  • Agriculture and Land

PEI Agriculture news you can use:

Bonuses offered to encourage students to work in the seafood and agriculture sectors

Helping Island students grow their future in agriculture

Advancing reconciliation in the business sector on PEI

Full-time and year-round employment in the agricultural sector

Meet Josée Gallant Gordon & Bobby Gordon, Owners of Elm Grove Centre, offering mental health services that integrates horses in to the process

Food safety management company operating from rural PEI

Check out the PEI Farm Technician Apprenticeship Program

Agriculture jobs available now

A career in Veterinary medicine

Husband and wife team up in running a unique bakery in Woodstock PEI

The best version of herself: Empowering women to enter the STEM field

A love for animals turns a passion into self-employment in rural PEI

Atlantic Canada’s economic recovery from COVID-19: PEI outlook


What is your something?

What is your future career path? You have to do SOMETHING to earn a living, but what will it be?

Here are some examples of careers in agriculture and food… Is there SOMETHING that interests you?

English version, click here.

French version, click here.


Related videos about:

  • Farming is a Cool Career
  • Plant Science Industry
  • Variety of farms we have on PEI

For more information:

For more information about the agriculture sector on PEI, call 902-892-1091. Visit www.peiagsc.ca.

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