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agriculture

March 16, 2022

Fishing Complex still in the works

After Hurricane Irma destroyed the BVI Fishing Complex at Port Purcell, government received a $400,000 insurance payout for the facility. But those funds have sat untouched while the government planned …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED
April 23, 2021

Farmers and Fishers Week to kick off Sunday

Starting Sunday, Farmers and Fishers Week will celebrate a sustainable, adaptable future in food production, according to Deputy Premier Dr. Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley. The event marks the resumption of a …

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by Dana Kampa
December 16, 2020

CARTOON (Dec. 10, 2020)

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Cartoon (December 10, 2020)
July 15, 2020

Backyard gardeners prepare for contest

Levansky Favila de Venecia doesn’t buy vegetables. Instead, he goes into his backyard garden and picks them. Though he doesn’t sell his wares at a formal market, he does good …

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by Joey Waldinger
April 24, 2020

$2 million fishing, farming stimulus moves ahead

Government recently sent out a call for farmers and fishers in the territory, and they answered, according to Education, Culture Youth Affairs, Fisheries and Agriculture Minister Dr. Natalio “Sowande” Wheatley. …

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by Dana Kampa
March 27, 2020

Government to inject $2 million into farming, fishing

Amid concern about the long-term effects of the coronavirus pandemic, the Cabinet on Friday, March 20, approved a $2 million economic stimulus package for fishing and farming in the Virgin …

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by Dana Kampa
farming
March 6, 2020

New statutory body to help oversee farming industry

As part of efforts to bolster farming in the territory, the government plans to establish a statutory body to handle the commercial aspects of the industry, leaving regulation in the …

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by Joey Waldinger
August 9, 2019

Minister promises return of Ag Week

Agriculture Week, which has not been celebrated in the Virgin Islands since 2015, will return to the territory soon, according to Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Fisheries and Agriculture Minister Dr. …

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by GENEVIEVE GLATSKY
March 16, 2018

Minister envisions greenhouses, ‘agribusiness’

Agriculture has become a multibillion-dollar industry in the Caribbean and can help transform the economy of the Virgin Islands, Deputy Premier Dr. Kedrick Pickering said last week. Speaking on March …

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by CLAIRE SHEFCHIK

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