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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), joins Virtudes Company Limited’s Chief Operating Officer, Farrah Zaragan (left), and  the company's  Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Jamiel Jamieson, in breaking ground for the Virtudes Hemp Farm in Lennox Bigwoods, Westmoreland, on Thursday (November 21).
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (right), joins Virtudes Company Limited’s Chief Operating Officer, Farrah Zaragan (left), and  the company's  Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Jamiel Jamieson, in breaking ground for the Virtudes Hemp Farm in Lennox Bigwoods, Westmoreland, on Thursday (November 21).

Minister Shaw Breaks Ground for Hemp Farm in Westmoreland

By: Okoye Henry, November 24, 2019
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, on Thursday (November 21), broke ground for a 113-acre hemp farm in Lennox Bigwoods, Westmoreland. Virtudes Company Limited, a wellness...
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (left), shares a light moment with (from second left) Chairperson, NCB Foundation, Thalia Lyn; College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) students Jovan Thompson and Chenille Humes; and Chairman of the Economic Growth Council (EGC), Michael Lee-Chin. Occasion was a media briefing at the Ministry’s St. Lucia Avenue office in New Kingston on Wednesday (November 20), to provide details about an 11-month agricultural training programme in Israel for 15 students of CASE.

15 Case Students To Study Agriculture In Israel

By: Alecia Smith, November 22, 2019
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (left) and Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dermon Spence (right), hold a box of mangoes that was among the first batch to be exported to the United States in June, at the Sangster International Airport Export Complex in Montego Bay, St. James. At centre is Manager of the complex, Dalton Hastings.

Registered Farmers Reap Success With Export Of Mangoes

By: Serena Grant, November 21, 2019

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St. Catherine farmer, Alfred Tenn (left); CEO of Home Grown Produce Limited, Damion Young (centre) and St. Elizabeth farmer, Melody Garwood, sign contract for the planting of more red peas, at the launch of the Red Peas Industry Programme, in Spaldings, Clarendon, on November 1. Observing are Chief Agronomist at Bodles Research Centre, Alexi Reid (left) and Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. J.C. Hutchinson.
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More Red Peas to be Planted

Farmers from St. Elizabeth and St. Catherine have signed contracts with the Chief Executive Officer of Home Grown Produce Limited, Damion Young, to supply them with the red peas they...
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By: Barabara Ellington, November 3, 2019