PM encourages kitchen gardens

PRIME Minister Dr Keith Rowley welcomed a kitchen garden initiative by the Carenage Girls’ Government Primary School and the Diego Martin Girls’ RC School.

A statement from the Office of the Prime Minister said Rowley visited the schools on Friday to get a first hand look at this pilot project. Rowley was told that under this programme, students will be taught to grow nutritious green leafy vegetables, fruits and spices in containers, ground beds and hydroponic grow systems.

The ultimate goal of the programme is to create, facilitate, and stimulate the interest of future farmers by providing the launching pad for young ‘agri-preneurs’. Rowley welcome this measure as vital to building food security in TT and having a positive economic impact. The produce from the students’ gardens will be used in the school feeding programme or sold at the school gate to teachers, parents and members of the community. The produce from the students’ gardens will be used in the school feeding programme or sold at the school gate to teachers, parents and members of the community. Both schools are located in the Diego Martin West constituency, which is represented in Parliament by Rowley. This initiative will later be adopted by other primary schools throughout TT.