Scientists have found what they believe to be the earliest known evidence of wine drinking in the Americas, inside ceramic artefacts recovered from a small Caribbean island. Forty ceramic sherds were examined in the first study to have used molecular analysis techniques – Gas Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry - to investigate 15th century pottery from the Puerto Rico region.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana has earned an estimated GUY$274 million (One Guyana dollar=US$0.004 cents) from the black water shrimp industry during the first quarter of this year, Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha.
NEW YORK, NY - Today I will share with you the recipe for Cow foot stew or Raghu as the Haitians call it. This is a popular stew throughout the Caribbean and is complimented with an ample amount of broad beans to completely provide the full complement of essential amino acids. It is served with rice and peas or with white rice.
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Government has partnered with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations to implement a project to strengthen the country’s international competitiveness in the hot pepper industry.
WASHINGTON, DC – Guyana’s President Dr. Irfaan Ali has underscored the urgency of the Caribbean region becoming food secure while highlighting the need for measures to be implemented to achieve the set targets.
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica's Banana Board is urging farmers to implement measures to protect their holdings against the TR4 disease even though the disease has not yet been detected in any Caribbean country.
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The General manager of the Banana Board, Janet Conie said the industry recorded a productive year in 2022, recording a 2.8 percent increase in banana production and 18.7 percent for plantain.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – President Dr. Irfaan Ali says Guyana will soon commence cultivation trials for millets production to support the transition to large-scale production of the seed locally.
NEW YORK, NY - We are advised daily to eat a balance meal and we all should heed this advice. It will not only keep us healthy but will help us have a sustainable food supply.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Chief Executive Officer of the Barbados Agricultural Management Company (BAMC), Orlando Atherley, says the agency should bring in BD$4.2 million (One Barbados dollar=US$0.50 cents), in revenue from the sale of locally branded packages sugar exports that will be sold to the United States during this year’s harvest which starts on Monday.
NEW YORK, NY - I was asked recently what is my favorite meat and I said chicken. Why?
Two training institutions have locked arms to advance workforce development strategies in Grenada, focused on the culinary sector.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Sub-regional Office for the Caribbean and the Governments of Dominica, Grenada, St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, are launching a regional cluster of projects on Promoting Windward Islands Food Production and Trade Corridor through National and Regional Value Chain Development.
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