The National Parks Trust of the Virgin Islands is continuing its conservation efforts to preserve endangered and endemic plants species in the Virgin Islands. 

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Labour has implemented a three-pronged approach to reduce the Territory’s reliance on food imports in an effort to increase food security.

Residents of the Virgin Islands will have an opportunity to be educated on ways to reduce poverty and hunger, the agricultural benefits and usage of the Sargassum Seaweed as well as participate in food tasting today Friday, October 16, as part of the observance of World Food Day (WFD). 

The Department of Agriculture is inviting farmers and other interested persons to a series of meetings to discuss matters pertaining to the industry.

The Department of Agriculture is inviting the public to its World Food Day celebrations on Friday, October 16 at the Central Administration Complex Breeze Way at 11:30 a.m.

Students of Grades 5 and 6 of the Leonora Delville and Isabella Morris Primary Schools were engaged in activities on how to properly use and dispose of pesticides as part of Pesticides Awareness Week. 

Fellow BVIslanders, another year has passed since we last observed Pesticides Awareness Week. Safe chemical management ought not to be an event we remember once a year, but practice all year round. Safety first must be a way of life. We must make the protection of human health and the environment the absolute priority in pests and diseases management decisions.

The Department of Agriculture is inviting farmers and other interested persons to a series of meetings to discuss matters pertaining to the industry.

The Department of Agriculture is inviting the public to its Quarantine Awareness Day scheduled for Wednesday, September 30. 

The Agriculture Department is inviting farmers in Carrot Bay and neighbouring areas to attend a farmers meeting, on Thursday, September 10, at the Abraham Leonard Community Centre at 6:00 p.m.