{"id":24312,"date":"2019-02-18T14:26:08","date_gmt":"2019-02-18T18:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=24312"},"modified":"2019-02-18T14:26:10","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T18:26:10","slug":"antigua-represented-at-agrifest-in-the-virgin-islands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antigua-represented-at-agrifest-in-the-virgin-islands\/","title":{"rendered":"Antigua represented at Agrifest in the Virgin Islands"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Antigua and Barbuda is making its presence felt at the 2019 Agricultural\nFair, called Agrifest in St. Croix, U.S V.I.<\/p>

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Antigua and Barbuda is fielding two booths –  Twinstod Enterprises and the Ministry\nAgriculture, whose delegation includes two Farmers.
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\nThe Delegation comprised Alvis Abbott – Agro\nProcessor, Dorothy Pelle – Agro Processor,\nKatlin Dew \u2013 Farmer,  Fitzmorgon Greenaway \u2013 Farmer, Ryson Joseph – Manager ADC, Brent Georges \u2013 MAFBA and  Marcelle Freeland \u2013 MAFBA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Twini Payne is representing\nTwinstod Enterprises.
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The event is known to be the biggest of its kind in the Caribbean and attracts farmers from all over the region. Scores of persons look forward to the event to patronize a range of vendors for a wide variety of goods.<\/p>

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The theme of the event is\n\u201cVI Agriculture: Still Growing in 2019\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the\nmain points reverberated during addresses from Virgin Islands officials was the\nimportance of agriculture for the sustenance of life.<\/p>

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With Food\nimportation at an all time high in many parts of the region, a call was also made\nfor more to done to encourage young people to get involved farming and growing\ntheir own from an early age.<\/p>\n

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