Hon J. C. Hutchinson (2nd right), Minister without Portfolio, and the Hon Floyd Green (2nd left), State Minister, both of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF), along with Peter Thompson (left), Chief Executive Officer, Rural Agricultural Development Authority; and Peter McConnell, Managing Director of Trade Winds Limited, view tomato puree at the Tru-Juice Processing Plant in Bog Walk, St. Catherine, on April 6, 2020. The Ministry, through RADA, is collaborating with Trade Winds Citrus Ltd. to process excess fruits and vegetables into puree, which will then be made into juices for the national school-feeding programme.
Agri Ministry collaborates with Tru-Juice to process excess produce
As it continues its assistance programme to redistribute excess produce from farmers as the country faces the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries has collaborated with Trade Winds Limited, manufacturers of the Tru-Juice brand of juices, to process excess fruit and vegetables. The Ministry, through RADA, last week put systems in place to support the movement of the produce from farmers in St Elizabeth to the factory in Bog Walk, St. Catherine, where processing began Monday, April 6 with an initial 5,000 lbs of tomatoes. On a tour of the factory to...
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