{"id":2154,"date":"2022-04-28T23:39:28","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T23:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/?p=2154"},"modified":"2022-04-29T14:41:23","modified_gmt":"2022-04-29T14:41:23","slug":"seventh-day-adventist-school-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/2022\/04\/28\/seventh-day-adventist-school-farm\/","title":{"rendered":"Seventh Day Adventist School Farm"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kudos to the SDA Secondary School.\u00a0 The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries & Barbuda Affairs was delighted to learn that it is compulsory<\/strong> to do Agriculture Science<\/em><\/strong> for at least the first two years.\u00a0 Therefore, each student upon enrolling at this SDA institution has to take the subject in both first and second forms.\u00a0 From third form they are allowed to choose their subjects and this not inter-changeable.\u00a0 That means once Agricultural Science is selected in third form that student is bond to pursue it until fifth form and at CXCs. \u00a0\u00a0Since 2011 the institution began teaching the subject and since then students have been sitting the subject for Caribbean Examination Council<\/p>\n

The farm is a combination livestock and produce.\u00a0 Under the supervision of Mrs. Yonette Patrick, the farm has been very productive.\u00a0 Currently there are 450 birds in the poultry unit producing fifteen dozen eggs per day.\u00a0 There are two hundred & fifty brown birds and two hundred white birds all co-habitating harmoniously under the same roof. \u00a0These eggs are sold mainly to supermarket and are in great demand.\u00a0 \u201cRight now, the demand is going up, because of the time of the year the demand is going up\u201d, said Mrs. Patrick.\u00a0 There were more orders than eggs available so she had to do some juggling. Apart from the supermarkets at times there are walk-in customers \u201cToday\u2019s eggs are already sold off\u201d Patrick added.\u00a0 According to her the school rear broilers twice yearly.<\/p>\n

Planted are Lettuce, tomato, butternut, cucumber however, these were not the only crops grown.\u00a0 Cucumbers are presently being harvested and available for purchase. \u00a0Awaiting, for transplanting in their nursery are Sweet Pepper, Hot pepper, Seasoning Pepper and Banana Pepper Seedlings. \u00a0The Tomato seedlings were transplanted a few days ago and more space was cleared and worked upon by a pass student Daniel Corbett, who was hired temporarily to assist on the farm. \u00a0\u201cI am a past student of the SDA Secondary School and like doing physical activities and practical work.\u00a0 I did Agricultural Science and used to help my grandmother with her backyard garden and even have one of my own.\u00a0 I recently volunteered and was then asked to assist. \u00a0I gladly took the offer because I would be helping Mrs. Patrick who has done a lot for me,\u201d said Corbett.<\/p>\n

Some students during free periods would volunteer some assistance to Mrs. Partick and the other Agriscience teacher.\u00a0 Kazari Lee, a third former and the son of a livestock farmer is one of the student volunteers.\u00a0 Kazari admitted that when in first form he didn\u2019t care much for the subject but now in third form he has an appreciation for it.\u00a0 \u201cI have been in Agriculture all my life but when I was younger and under the influence of friends didn\u2019t want to be a part of it but now, I am more mature and see the importance of it.\u00a0 My father is very happy, he has been motivating me so whenever I\u2019m free I come and assist by doing things like cleaning eggs or whatever else has to be done\u201d Lee said.\u00a0 He concluded by adding that he would encourage young people to get involved because it is not all hard work but fun too with lots of benefits.<\/p>\n

Ms. Patrick expressed that Praedial larceny<\/strong> is the number one challenge they are facing \u201cThey target us all the time, they never stop regardless of what, we have camera, we have footage, we have everything but that doesn\u2019t deter them and that\u2019s the main thing\u201d explained Mrs. Patrick.\u00a0 Additionally, she mentioned the pond on property which is overgrown and needs clearing so that it could be used for hydrating the crops and allowing the farm not be solely dependent on portable water \u201cWe would like assistance to clear more land and resuscitate the pond because sometimes we prefer to use the pond water rather than the pipe water\u201d Mrs. Patrick said. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0On the farm are four wall structures all of which were constructed by Ms. Patrick who also teaches Building Technology and some of her students.\u00a0 These buildings are the Poultry Unit, two storage units and the nursery.<\/p>\n

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