Twenty-five local and two guest chefs participated in Sejah Farm's Bush Cook, Chef Cook over the weekend, with the two-day event's main function being highlighting the need for food security in the territory, according to organizers. The first Bush Cook, Chef Cook effort kicked off in 2016, and the concept hasn't changed: chefs from around the island of St. Croix bring their goods and setup tents in a field at Sejah Farms located on Casper Holstein Drive north-west of the National Guard base in Estate Bethlehem. There, they prepare their food offerings using coal pots and other traditional methods of cooking. Dale Browne, co-founder of Sejah Farm, told the Consortium Saturday that the main focus of the event remains food security. "We want to let the Virgin Islands and everyone know that basically we’re striving to provide food for the Virgin…
While it may have been only a category 1 hurricane, Fiona exacted catastrophic damage on Puerto Rico…
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The V.I. Dept. of Agriculture is reminding livestock farmers about the increased threat of disease to…
The V.I. Department of Agriculture says that growing technical expertise in local agriculture will be…
New Research Finds High Levels of Heavy Metals…
Janeka Simon June 15, 2022New research into sargassum used as fertilizer has found that vegetables grown in soil that was enriched…
Sejah Farm Says Dept. of Agriculture Failing…
Ernice Gilbert June 10, 2022Dale Browne, co-founder of Sejah Farm — the well-known 15-acre operation located in Estate Castle Burke…
USVI Agriculture Plan Seeks to Boost Local Product…
Linda Straker May 10, 2022Boosting local agriculture products from 3 percent to 35 percent is one of the goals for the agriculture…
USVI Agricultural Plan, Required by Act 8404,…
Staff Consortium May 08, 2022The Agricultural Plan Task Force will publicly unveil the highly anticipated territorial Agricultural…
Senator Kenneth Gittens, chairman of the Committee on Economic Development and Agriculture has requested that Agriculture Commissioner Positive Nelson submit a complete and detailed report on the rece...
U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack recently announced the department is investing $58.4 million to help keep resources and wealth right at home in rural Florida and the Virgin Island...
Hannah Carty was selected as the executive director of the Virgin Islands Office of Cannabis Regulation (OCR) by the Virgin Islands Cannabis Advisory Board in a meeting on Wednesday afternoon. Board...
The V.I. Dept. of Agriculture announced Tuesday that a cluster of tropical bont ticks were found in Estate Lower Love on St. Croix on a herd of sheep and horses. These ticks were discovered during a f...
V.I. Delegate to Congress Stacey Plaskett and House representatives Alma Adams and Jeff Fortenberry on Thursday introduced the H.R. 1768 - the Farm to School Act of 2021 bill, which seeks to expand pa...
World Central Kitchen (WCK) announced Friday the latest recipients of its second round of grants in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Through its Food Producer Network (formerly known as Plow to Plate), the or...
ST. CROIX — Suspended since February 14, the St. Croix abattoir reopens for business Monday, allowing livestock owners and private residents to slaughter their animals at the facility for either com...
World Central Kitchen (WCK) has announced its first round of grant awards in the U.S. Virgin Islands through Plow to Plate, the organization’s food security and resilience program that offers direct...
ST. CROIX — At a ground-breaking ceremony late Friday morning in the historic Estate Bethlehem adjacent to the National Guard’s compound on St. Croix, Governor Albert Bryan unveiled the details of...
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