PEI Adopts Potato Wart Buy-Back Program

The Prince Edward Island government has introduced a new buy-back program for fields affected by potato wart. Landowners with diseased fields can sell the land based on independent appraisals. Once purchased, the land can no longer be farmed for potatoes. The National Potato Council remains adamant that the U.S. and Canadian governments need to take the threat of potato wart seriously. The NPC stated that taking the affected fields offline should have occurred immediately, not four years later.