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Farming, Plants & Marine News


Bryan Looks to Grow Marine Tourism
St. Croix Times Staff Governor Albert Bryan Jr. met recently with the leadership of the Virgin Islands Professional Charter Yacht...


Seasonal Closures: Queen Conch, Whelk, Mutton & Lane Snapper
St. Croix Times Staff USVI - Commissioner Jean-Pierre L. Oriol of the Department of Planning and Natural Resources (DPNR) reminds the...


Aquaponics Facility Gifted to UVI
St. Croix Times Staff St. Croix - Governor Albert Bryan Jr. joined the Rev. Dr. Robert Vernon Lee, Executive Director of Fresh...


Salk Institute to StudyNative Plants for Drugs
M.A. Dworkin The renowned Salk Institute for Biological Studies in San Diego is working alongside Native Americans to discover the...


Sargassum Alert!Origin Identified?
M.A. Dworkin Record-breaking Sargassum levels are expected to invade the shorelines of the U.S. Virgin Islands and other islands in the...


Pathway to Careers in the Marine Industry
St. Croix Times Staff Gallows Bay - Future Job Skills of Tomorrow Inc. (FJSOT) has launched an innovative pre-apprenticeship on-the-job...


Plants “Scream” While Being Harvested
St. Croix Times Staff Scientists have captured the sound of plants “screaming” when harvested. The sound is not the same made by humans,...


Save-A-Plant… Save the World
M.A. Dworkin Close your eyes and imagine a world without any plants. Ridiculous. Not even within the realm of possibility. Never going to...


Black Belt Meat Summit Hails Mobile Meat Abattoir
M.A. Dworkin A delegation of Farmers from the U.S. Virgin Islands recently attended the Black Belt Meat Summit hosted by Tuskegee...


St. Croix Farm Stands
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