Tag: community
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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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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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Way the Cakes Gone ? | Cultural Xpression Dec 2021
Sitting by the roadside location in St Peters this year was a bit different during Christmas season. It was not the first time I really notice it, but this year it was really evident. The air lack the beautiful aromas of what usually came out from our surrounding neighbors kitchens, the smell of delicious treats…
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Recovery, Development and the Pandemic on St Martin
By Dr Antonio Carmona Beaz Looking at 2020 in retrospect, the pandemic can be regarded as a great interruption to our daily lives, and long and short-term planning. Although not equitably, COVID-19 has affected the lives of most people and most societies, not to mention the global economy. Trips were cancelled and jobs were lost;…
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Cultural Xpression April 2020 | Celebrating 6 years during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Perhaps it just A Natural Mystic IN April that COVID-19, influenced St. Martiner’s to turn to Home-growing. As the COVID-19 pandemic starts to settle in and get a hold on the masses, there is a major shift in the atmosphere. Farming and back yard gardens have seem to be taking over world wide, even more…
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CX September 2019 | Vote or Dont Vote ?
In this months edition of Cultural Xpression, we continue to keep you cultural in tuned. This month has been a great kick start for students at USM as they get they continue to keep the ball of Agro-Ecology rolling.. Had great chance to also be inspired by Dr George Felix of the University of Science…
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Community Outreach Challenge – Become a member of SXM Agricultural Center
Ms Liverpool and Mr Dominic stoped by to make their contribution and left their blessing behind. UPDATE NOTICE: 4 MORE MEMBERSHIP SLOTS AVAILABLE Let’s make it Agriculture a reality for Country St Maarten. For members that have reserved membership slots but still have to make the contribution, please do so asap as your effort…
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Cultural Xpression Celebrating 4 Years – Exclusive Interview Mr Stanley Lint
We would like to thank everyone thus far that can out and showed their support to the Community Garden in St Peters how ever little it may be, its because of people like you and those that support Cultural Xpression News Magazine for the past 4 years , is the reason why Agri-Culture has made…
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Photos: Doing our part with SXM DOET – Garden Completed at St Peters Community Center
In the week of march 10-11th 2018 SXM Doet once again conducted one of the biggest volunteers initiative on St Maarten. The effort of this years volunteer initiative was to assist community members and organizations with the clean up and the rebuilding of the surrounding communities. The St Maarten Youth Council which occupies the Rupert…
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MDGs-SDGs Pilot project on Poverty Alleviation good example
In September 2016 the project ‘Community Back Yard Gardening program St. Maarten’ embarked at Spaceless Garden in St. Peters as one of the pilot projects to combine several Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) together, aiming “Eradication of poverty and hunger” on St. Maarten. This project was geared to the increase of awareness on agriculture and its…