Saturday morning was bright and mostly sunny in Paraquita Bay, but farmer Laura Dore said the weather has not been terribly cooperative for agriculture in recent weeks. “The weather is …
March 13, 2025
February 9, 2025
Expert teaches compost tricks
On Sunday afternoon, 42 people young and old arrived at Green VI’s EcoPark in Tortola for the second “No Dig Farming and Composting” workshop presented by English agricultural educator Charles …
November 22, 2023
Farming, fishing law is still not enacted
In April 2022, the House of Assembly passed a comprehensive law designed to reform the management of farming and fishing in the territory with measures including a new statutory body …
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August 27, 2022
Food security law gets guv’s assent
Oversight of fishing and farming in the territory may be seeing major changes soon following Governor John Rankin’s recent approval of the Food Security and Sustainability Act, 2022. The House …
July 20, 2021
The bees of Virgin Gorda
On a recent Wednesday afternoon, Jahnai Caul and Ariq Flax-Clarke searched for signs of honey, larvae and queens during a routine check-up on their bee colonies on Virgin Gorda. “Those …
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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September 4, 2020
Bill would reform farming and fishing industries
The spotlight has turned to more sustainable practices as the Virgin Islands looks to create a more self-sufficient food industry, and an early iteration of proposed legislation is designed to …
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June 3, 2020
Leaders push to boost local food production
As the Virgin Islands hopes to scale up its fishing and farming sectors with the ultimate goal of becoming more self-sufficient, participants in a virtual forum last week said it …
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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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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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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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