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Educational & economic opportunities at Mango Fest – Forbes

According to Arona Fahie-Forbes, the objective is to highlight innovative ways for consuming local fruits of the Virgin Islands. Photo: VINO/File
Vendors display mangoes at last year's festival. Photo: VINO/File
Vendors display mangoes at last year's festival. Photo: VINO/File
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Deputy Chief Agricultural Officer Mrs Arona Fahie-Forbes has disclosed that the Department of Agriculture will be promoting economic opportunities with the mango and breadfruit among other tropical fruits at the Fourth Annual Mango Array and Tropical Fruit Festival.

Speaking last evening, July 4, 2013 on the Umoja radio show about the Festival, which also has a poetry competition attached, Forbes said there will be a competition for the breadfruit drink and mango bread at the festival.

The event scheduled for July 12, 2013 and which will be open to the general public at the Noel Lloyd Positive Action Movement Park, will begin at 10 A.M. and run until 6 P.M.

According to Fahie-Forbes, the objective is to highlight innovative ways for consuming local fruits of the Virgin Islands. “It is a means whereby you can have the general public, including our agricultural producers, providing economic opportunities for [themselves] whereby they can produce different products made from tropical fruits and put it up for sale.”

She explained that the exercise will create both an educational and economic opportunity. There is still an opportunity for late registrants to contact the Department to register for the bread and drink competition.

Judges are expected to begin judging on competition day by 11 A.M. and will be looking for originality, flavour, presentation and labelling for the mango bread; the breadfruit drink will see contestants competing for points on flavour, consistency, colour and the container used to present the drink.

The closing date for applications for the poetry competition has passed and entries will be judged on Monday.

The competition will focus on the love and cultural values of the mango and other fruits and will feature entries from persons aged 12 and under, between 13-17, and persons above the age of 17.

4 Responses to “Educational & economic opportunities at Mango Fest – Forbes”

  • ccc (05/07/2013, 16:33) Like (0) Dislike (51) Reply
    but Pick has no interest in agri
  • far (06/07/2013, 15:27) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    I saw miss forbes on a tv interview she did a great job
  • mango lover (08/07/2013, 07:55) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    I shall be there... early... getting my mango them
  • Missing Link (08/07/2013, 14:47) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    What should also be mentioned is that Virgin Islanders on a whole tend to look down on agriculture for historical reasons but a change is needed. More agriculture should be taught at a younger age to foster desire to improve production in the children and young adults with regards to farming techniques and methods.


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