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Claims that no commercial farmers sit on the Board of Agriculture have been dismissed by the Government. The Bermuda Farmers Association made the allegation this week, claiming that the Board failed to represent the industry. A BFA spokesman said on ...

The opposition One Bermuda Alliance has criticised the Government for failing to listen to farmers before moving ahead with plans to develop a vertical farming industry on the island. The project – a key pillar in the Government’s Economic Recovery P...

The Government plans to create a vertical farming industry on the island have been put on hold after the overseas company behind the scheme reported massive losses. The Bermuda Economic Development Corporation had partnered with Florida-based Kalera ...

The Bermuda Tourism Authority has partnered with The Loren to host an event celebrating locally harvested food and its producers. The Bermuda Food Harvest Journey will take place at the hotel on Thursday and will feature local fishers, farmers and “f...

The island’s farmers appear to have been shut out of a planned vertical-farming industry — one of the Government’s central initiatives to revive the economy. At a press conference yesterday, Jason Hayward, the Minister of Economy, confirmed that the ...

Farmers could take legal action to block government plans to set up a vertical-farming industry on the island. The Bermuda Farmers Association is “addressing the legal path towards presenting an injunction” against the proposal. In an interview with ...

Farmers have poured cold water on government plans to develop a vertical farming industry on the island. Jason Hayward, the Minister of Economy and Labour, unveiled the initiative at a press conference last month, claiming that — on the advice of con...

Guyana has recently become a major oil and gas country. The estimated recovery resource base is nine billion to 15 billion barrels of oil equivalent. Consequently, gross domestic product is projected to grow by 49.7 per cent in 2022. The Governor of ...

The Government has been unable to complete a Public Access to Information request to release the title deeds of Tudor Farm because they cannot be found. Tudor Farm is a 10.36 acre area on the border of Southampton and Sandys zoned as agricultural ser...

A farming programme billed as a lifeline for troubled young people to get away from gang activity has dropped any reference to agriculture from its name. A source familiar with the programme, run by the Ministry of National Security on government-own...

Public primary schools held their own agricultural exhibitions yesterday after the annual show was cancelled. The Ministry of Education encouraged the schools to host their own Ag Shows after Agricultural Exhibition Ltd, which organises the show, can...

Governor Rena Lalgie this week continued a longstanding tradition by picking Easter Lilies to be sent to the Queen. This year’s lilies were grown by Pacheco and Sons Farms. The flowers were set to be on board last night’s British Airways flight to Lo...