Agriculture Releases Applications for Backyard Farmer Development Program
Selected applicants will receive technical assistance in the form of education and material resources to assist in growing their crops. Then Agriculture’s marketing division will purchase the crops and feature them as the ‘Harvest of the Month’.
USDA Offers Conservation Help to Landowners to Protect Wetlands, Agricultural Lands, Grasslands
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is accepting Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP) applications at local USDA Service Centers island-wide.
USDA – NRCS’s Applications for Conservation Stewardship Program Due by March 26
Through this conservation program, the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) helps farmers, ranchers and forest landowners earn payments for expanding conservation activities while maintaining agricultural production.
VIDA Postpones Agriculture and Food Fair USVI Until 2022
There will be a recognition and celebration of the fair’s 50th anniversary celebration next year.
USDA-NRCS Funds Caribbean Area Priority Watershed Assessment for Water Quality Improvement
The Watershed Assessments funding notice for the National Water Quality Initiative has been posted to www.grants.gov and is open for applications through March 31
Agriculture Department Closes St. Croix Abattoir for Maintenance
The V.I. Department of Agriculture will continue to communicate directly to its customers, and it will be updating the community of the opening date, shortly.
World Central Kitchen Provides Latest Round of Support for Food Producers in V.I.
Food Producer Network grants are used to fund extraordinary capital investments, such as in tractors, ice machines, walk-in freezers, irrigation systems, engines and other similar equipment or infrastructure.
SBA Extends COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan Application Deadline
The program has helped millions of small businesses, including non-profit organizations, sole proprietors and independent contractors.
St. Croix Market to Be Open on Christmas Eve
The V.I. Department of Agriculture has announced the opening of the St. Croix Market at the Rudolph Shulterbrandt Agricultural Complex in Estate Lower Love on Dec. 24.
Agriculture and Food Fair Postponed Until May 2021
The rescheduled date for 50th anniversary of Agrifest is Memorial Day weekend, May 29-31, 2021.
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Police and government officials called for the community’s help in dealing with a weekend of carnage that saw five people die in apparently separate incidents on St. Croix. #visource #usvi #news
Violent Weekend Brings Calls for Community to Come Together
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Police and government officials called for the community's help in dealing with a weekend of carnage that saw five people die in apparently separate incidents on St. Croix.This is BS. Time to step on Toes. Time for senators, law enforcement, criminal justice professionals to act not talk.
Tell them fools to stop the problems or Biden is going to take over the islands and you know what that means someone is getting booted off the island.
