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 financial support to small farmers, fishers, and agribusinesses. According to the release, in the short term, the grants awarded will help food-related small businesses, who saw their operations paralyzed by Hurricanes Irma and María, to revitalize and regenerate their long-term capacity for the production, distribution, and sale of food. In the long-term, Plow to Plate aims to the decrease the high rate of food imports in the USVI by supporting local food production. The first round of Plow to Plate grantees include: My Neighbor’s Garden, New Breed Farm, Ridge to Reef Farm, Sejah Farm of the Virgin Islands, St. George Village Botanical Garden,…