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November is Eat Jamaican month...

Eat What We Grow, Grow What We Eat...

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Dr. Osbil Watson (left), Chief Veterinary Officer, Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, presents a certificate of appreciation to Robin Crum-Ewing of Green Castles Estate for donation of calves to the calf scramble competition at the Minard Livestock Show & Beef Festival since 2010. The presentation was made at the 18th staging of the festival in St. Ann on November 9.

Dr. Osbil Watson, Chief Veterinary Officer, Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, speaking at the 18th staging of the Minard Livestock Show & Beef Festival held in St. Ann on November 9. Dr. Watson, who was representing the Hon Karl Samuda, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture, stated that over 21,000 cattle have been tagged under the Ministry’s National Animal Identification and Traceability System programme.

Winners of the Goat Scramble Competition held at the 18th staging of the Minard Livestock Show & Beef Festival in St. Ann on November 9.

From left, Norman Grant, President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society, presents gift bag with local produce and an Eat Jamaican bumper sticker to the Hon. Olivia Grange, Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, while Yolando Gibson (right), special projects coordinator at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, presents to the Hon. Karl Samuda, Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, at the launch of Eat Jamaican Month, held at MICAF’s Hope Gardens offices in Kingston on November 1.