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 KINGSTON, July 21 (JIS):                                                      BY: CANDICE STEWART

While many youngsters yearn for cushy jobs in air-conditioned offices, 17-year-old Jason Malcolm is planning for a future in farming.

Currently, he operates a small farm at his family home in Westmoreland, where he cultivates vegetable crops such as Scotch bonnet and sweet peppers, but his main activity is goat rearing, which he plans to expand.

“I rear goats for meat and milk. Goat milk is more nutritious than cow’s milk, so part of my plan is to...

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MONTEGO BAY, July 16 (JIS): 

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, says government has put in place interim protocols to facilitate the cultivation and processing of psilocybin mushroom, also known as ‘magic mushrooms’ in Jamaica.

“What we have been doing with the team is really looking at how can those who want to participate in the industry at least know the protocols that are involved. We have been putting in interim protocols for people who want to interact [with the industry]. You would go through our Plant Quarantine...