Stacey Plaskett Instagram – Last weekend, my team and I had the opportunity to host a group of local and national stakeholders in the agricultural space for a roundtable discussion on St. Thomas, as well as participate in numerous farm tours.
A very special thank you to:
– Our Virgin Islands farmers, including Tyrone Reid of Smart Life Farms and Shelli Brin of Que Sera Farm who came and shared their input and those who hosted us for our farm tours on Saturday
– UVI’s administrative staff
– Hideaway at Hull Bay – dinner was incredible! Thank you!
At the roundtable, we had an engaging discussion around the unique and common challenges faced by farmers and producers here in the territory.
I would like to thank our roundtable guests, including UVI President Dr. David Hall, USVI Agriculture Commissioner Dr. Louis Petersen, USDA-RD Caribbean Area Director Luis Arroyo as well as Sommer Sibilly-Brown – Founder/Executive Director of VI Good Food Coalition, Richard Campbell – Founder of GeoAg, Harith Wickrema and Dawn Henry – Island Green Living, Aminah Saleem – Chief of Staff, UVI-RT Park, Dr. Usman Adamu – Dean of UVI’s School of Agriculture, Frank Dixon – State Director of the Virgin Islands APEX Accelerator, Lakeisha Hood – USDA State Director (FL & VI), Che Axum – Director of the Center for Urban Agriculture and Gardening Education, Brennan Washington of Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE), Gabriella Soto-Velez of the National Center for Appropriate Technology, Madison Charles of the USDA Farm Service Agency and many others. | Posted on 17/Jan/2024 02:05:25
