St. Croix Students Tour Agriculture Grounds For National Agriculture Week
- Cynthia Graham
- March 18, 2015
As part of the annual recognition of the agriculture industry, the Virgin Islands Department of Agriculture is celebrating National Agriculture Week themed, "Agriculture: Sustaining Future Generations" and hosted an open house Tuesday at the Rudolph Shulterbrandt Agriculture Complex on St. Croix to introduce the public to the department's operations, with highlights including heavy-equipment demonstrations and the slaughtering of a single sheep in the department's on-site abattoir. Commissioner-designee Carlos Robles welcomed about 200 students from public, private and parochial schools across St. Croix to the event on Tuesday. "Many of you have been here before for other instances, but today you're going to get to see agriculture and agriculture alone," he said. He told the large group they would have the chance to see how some of the meat products their parents purchase at local supermarkets are processed "so that you can eat it." Students gather around as meat is pro...
