21st century farms on P.E.I.

CBC News reporter Kate McKenna visited three P.E.I. farms recently to find out how technology and creative thinking has changed life on the farm.

Higher beef prices for humane treatment

A new government certification program markets P.E.I. beef as a high-quality product to restaurants and buyers with a price that reflects the extra care and attention that goes into raising each animal humanely.

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Happy hens

Burns Poultry Farm in Freetown is one of the first in Canada to build a barn meeting European Union standards of production by providing their hens with a better living environment.

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Comfortable cows

From $3,000 cow massagers to iPhone apps, one Island dairy farmerisusing science and technology to keep his Holsteins productive.

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