Category: Agro-Ecology
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Money Grows on Trees
St Peters – Its been an amazing past 8 months putting this project together. Every step of the way, everyday you face a challenge that allows you to exercise your mind and actions toward finding the right solution mentally, physically, spiritually or financially. You can never tell the challenges you may face until you take…
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Nutrition, Are you Healthy? – ECO Learning Week 7
As we come to the final week of the ECO Learning Program, I want to express a heart full of love and joy for those that took advantage to gain the additional knowledge on Agro-Ecology. As we come to the end of Week 7 where we covered various topics within the scope of nutrition, we…
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Eco Learning Week 5 – 6 on History on Agriculture in St Maarten and Agribusiness
After 6 weeks we looking good and on schedule for harvest in week 8 with our Salad Mix. Our hot peppers are soon ready for transplanting as well the remainder of our flint corn. Week 5 and 6 on History and Agribusiness were a bit delayed due to heavy rain fall which was actually good…
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Eco Learning Week 4 – Plant Care, Maintenance & Plant Production Systems
4 Weeks later, great progress has been made with participants of the ECO Learning Program focused on Agro-Ecology. Week 4 covered very vital topics such as Plant Care and Maintenance, Plant Production Systems, Fertilizers, Pesticides and Transplant Shock. Now, understanding why we should be planting towards impacting positive climate action, we went ahead and germinated…
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Finding Purpose – ECO Learning with CDFHA & Spaceless Gardens
Great Bay— The Department of Community Development, Family & Humanitarian Affairs (CDFHA) in collaboration with Spaceless Gardens is hosting its “ECO Learning program focused on Agroecology” starting on Monday May 30, 2022. The eight (8) week program combines virtual/theoretical and hands on training that focuses primarily on agri-cultural \ home gardening practices . The sessions will…
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Eco Learning – Week 1 Climate Change & Disaster Preparedness
Today was a great day as the ECO Learning program got off the ground for it’s second run. We had a great start with a small but very energetically group. Today was Labor Day, so I believe other participants decided to also take a day off lol. Nevertheless we had a great time as the…
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Avoiding transplant shock with United Farmers of St Maarten
Today we had a great time as usual, Beverly and Oldine is on their Wednesday routine. Today they transplanted salad mix from the grow box into containers separately and placed them on the standing racks we use in the shaded areas for newly transplanted seedlings.. These ladies did a great job on germinating seeds during…
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ECO Learning with The Netherlands Red Cross Society & SG
It’s time for round 2 of ECO Learning. Registration begins once again for the next round of the ECO-Learning program. Focused on SGD #17 (building partnerships for goals) in collaboration with The Netherlands Red Cross Society, CDFHA and Spaceless Gardens will be hosted at ECO St Maarten Agricultural Research and Development Center. The first cohort…
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ECO Learning with St Maarten Government & Spaceless Gardens
**PRESS RELEASE** Ministry of Public Health, Social Development & Labor Affairs Great Bay— In recognition of “World Food Day, observed each year on October 16, the Department of Community Development, Family & Humanitarian Affairs (CDFHA) in partnership with Spaceless Gardens will offer an eight (8) week program on Agro Ecology starting on November 9,2020. …