Agriculture

Dept. Of Agriculture Deputy Commissioner Named; Satellite Farm Program At St. Croix Schools Announced

During a Department of Agriculture press conference held on Tuesday, the department's commissioner nominee, Positive Nelson, announced Khadija Blyden as D.O.A.'s deputy commissioner, who Mr. Nelson said will help him manage and run the department. The former lawmaker sought to relay a new day of unity at D.O.A., stating, "when we speak, we speak as one Virgin Islands Department of Agriculture. This thing about St. Thomas and St. Croix can't exist, even though physically we do. But as far as operations, we are one department and we will try to be efficient all around." Ms. Blyden, whose most recent employment was executive assistant to the chief executive at Viya during Alvaro Pillar's tenure, said she would strive to have the department's employees work more efficiently. "I came from a strong executive administrative background, therefore providing me with the ingenuity to help collectively strengthen the teams to help you work more efficiently, more lightly, ...