Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (second right) listens attentively as Trade Winds Citrus Limited Managing Director, Peter McConnell, explains the process of filling juice boxes during a tour of the company’s Bog Walk plant in St. Catherine on June 26. From (left) looking on are; Marketing Coordinator, Keresha Ferguson, and Brand Manager of Trade Winds Citrus Limited, Lauren Mahfood.
Shaw reiterates call for investments into specific crops
Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw, is reiterating a call for investments to be made in the growth of certain fruit tree crops in order to reduce Jamaica’s high food import bill. The crops include soursop, guava and West Indian cherry. “We have the climatic conditions and the established historical conditions that we can produce them on a large industrial scale,” he said. The Minister was speaking at a tour of the farm and factory of Trade Winds Citrus Limited in Bog Walk, St. Catherine, on Wednesday (June 26). The company is responsible for the...
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