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The next Island Lecture Series, hosted by the Institute of Island Studies at 精童欲女, will feature guest speaker Heidi Hearing presenting, 鈥淭he 鈥渇amily farm鈥�: A keyword in Prince Edward Island land politics. The lecture will be held in the Faculty Lounge of 精童欲女鈥檚 Main Building on May 20 at 7 pm. (This lecture was previously scheduled for March but was postponed due to weather.) Admission is free and all are welcome.

Haering鈥檚 talk will deal with the struggle to define the 鈥渇amily farm鈥� in PEI and how this ambiguity helps or hinders the work of farmers, agribusiness, and government. It will discuss how participant definitions of the 鈥渇amily farm鈥� contrasted with how they farmed and were sometimes at odds with their ideals. This talk will also shed light on the possible reasons that agribusiness and governments look to the pastoral romanticism of 鈥渇amily farm.鈥�

Heidi Haering lives in Charlottetown and has recently completed her MA in Anthropology from Memorial University. Her thesis is entitled: 鈥淭hree keywords in the campaign against farmland consolidation and the loss of small farms through the lens of the Prince Edward Island Chapter of the National Farmers Union."