Mikayla Minto presents Minister Shaw with a parcel of Scotch Bonnet peppers
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Mikayla Minto (left), student of Fort George Primary School, St. Ann, presents Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, with a parcel of Scotch Bonnet peppers reaped from the Newstead Primary School garden in St. Mary. The occasion was the 6th Annual LASCO Releaf Environmental Awareness Programme (REAP) Awards Ceremony and Luncheon, held under the theme ‘Rooting for Nature’, at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel, New Kingston, on Thursday, June 7, 2018. LASCO REAP involves primary, preparatory and junior high school students in initiatives such as tree planting and recycling, energy conservation and well-kept school and community environs.
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