Vernetta Simpson (right), explains the benefits of using her Herbal Chaney Roots drink, manufactured under the Healing Sun brand, to the Hon. J.C. Hutchinson (2nd left), Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, during a tour of exhibits at the 21st staging of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) St. Thomas Open Day held at the Rudolph Elder Park in Morant Bay on June 28. Listening keenly, from left, are Bevin Martin Dickenson, Parish Agricultural Manager, and Peter Thompson, Chief Executive Officer, both of RADA.
RADA St Thomas provides fruit plates and juices for schoolchildren
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, the Hon. J.C. Hutchinson, had high praises for the Rural Agricultural Development Authority’s school-feeding project in St. Thomas, where fruit plates and fruit juices are packaged and sold to 22 schools in the parish on a daily basis. Under this project, which started in 2018, fruits such as pineapple, melon, sorrel, June plum and otaheite apples are purchased from local farmers and processed and packaged at the agro-processing facility located at the RADA St. Thomas office. “We want this to be a...
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