Ulimi wa mbatata ku Chilumba cha Prince Edward umapitilizabe kukhala makamaka m'minda yamafamu yomwe imagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi mabanja. Mafamu 99% a mbatata ku PEI ali ndi mabanja am'mafamu, ndipo ena mwa mabanjawa amachita nawo kulima mbatata kwazaka zopitilira 100! M'mafamu ambiri, mibadwo yambiri imagwirira ntchito limodzi mbali zonse zaulimi.
Mabanja akumafamu ano ali odzipereka kupanga mbatata zabwino kwambiri, zopatsa thanzi zomwe ndizofunikira pachakudya kuno ku Atlantic Canada, komanso misika ku Canada, United States, ndi mayiko ena onse. Nthawi yomweyo, mabanja akumafamuwa ndi olemba anzawo ntchito mdera lawo, amagula zolowa ndi ntchito kumabizinesi akomweko, ndikupanga zochitika zachuma zambiri m'chigawochi.
Pokambirana pamitu yokhudza Kutetezedwa kwa Munda ndi Kugwiritsa Ntchito Nthaka ku Prince Edward Island, nthawi zina pakhala pali nkhawa yokhudza kukhala ndi malo ndi "mabungwe." M'makampani a mbatata, pafupifupi 50% yamaulimi amaphatikizidwa, chifukwa chamabizinesi ophatikizira. Ngakhale zili choncho, mabungwe akumafamuwa akadali ndi katundu wambiri ndipo amagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi mabanja akumafamu a PEI.
Nathan Ching wa Black Pond Farms Ltd. pafupi ndi Souris, PEI ikunena kuti famu yawo yakhala ikuphatikizidwa kwa zaka pafupifupi makumi anayi; Komabe, famu yawo idakali 100% yabanja ndipo imagwiritsidwa ntchito. "Kuphatikizika kumapangitsa kuti zikhale zosavuta kuphatikiza mabanja angapo kukhala famuyo," akuwonjezera Nathan. "Komanso, kuphatikiza kwathu kwatithandizira kuti tisamavute kukonza mapulani a mtsogolo. Izi zikunenedwa, kukhala kampani yapa famu sikusintha momwe ntchito yathu ya tsiku ndi tsiku imagwirira ntchito. ”
Monga mamembala achangu mdera lawo, mabanja akumafamu nawonso akudzipereka kwambiri pakufunika koyang'anira malo ndi kusamalira zachilengedwe. Mabanja awa amakhala kumunda womwe amalima ndikuzindikira kufunikira kogwiritsira ntchito njira zaulimi zachilengedwe. Momwemonso kusefukira kwa njira zimbudzi zam'mizinda nthawi yayikulu pakagwa mvula yambiri zitha kupangitsa nzika zamzindawu kudziwa kufunikira koti zigwiritse ntchito pokonzanso ndalama zogulira zimbudzi, zochitika zakukokoloka kwa nthaka zimapangitsa ntchito zaulimi kuzindikira kufunika kosintha kapangidwe kake kapena kuti kukokoloka kwa nthaka nyumba zowongolera. Alimi a mbatata pachilumba amasinthasintha njira zawo zopangira kuti azisamalira michere, kukulitsa ntchito yosamalira nthaka, ndikugwiritsa ntchito zoteteza mbewu zomwe zangotukuka kumene zomwe ndizotetezeka kwambiri kuumoyo wa anthu komanso chilengedwe.
Mbatata za Prince Edward Island ndizodziwika bwino padziko lonse lapansi chifukwa cha kukoma ndi kukoma komwe kumabwera chifukwa chakukula m'nthaka yofiira yapadera ya PEI. Makampani a mbatata ku PEI amapanga ndalama zokwana $ 1.065 biliyoni ndipo amagwiritsa ntchito mopitilira 12% mwa ogwira ntchito pachilumba. Prince Edward Island Mbatata Board ndi bungwe lolamulidwa ndiopanga lomwe ladzipereka kuthandizira magwiridwe antchito azachuma azachuma komanso zachilengedwe.