Family Market reaches $119K in sales in single day
November 25, 2013
The Family Market, an initiative between the Puerto Rico Family and Agriculture Departments that seeks to promote the purchase of fresh products among nutritional assistance program beneficiaries, broke a record last Friday when participants bought $119,000 in items from local farmers.
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EPA, Land Authority pact to protect Guánica wetlands
November 21, 2013
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday it has signed a legal agreement with the Puerto Rico Land Authority to stop the local agency from damaging wetlands on a property in Guánica.
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420K lbs. of long-grain rice harvested in Lajas Valley
November 18, 2013
Government officials celebrated Sunday the first successful harvest of rice in Puerto Rico in the last 30 years from seeds planted in the Lajas Valley in the summer.
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Wendy’s Puerto Rico buys $12M in local goods annually
June 25, 2013
In its quest for freshness and to uphold high quality standards, Puerto Rico’s Wendy’s franchisee invests about $12 million a year in goods from local farmers and producers.
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USDA to grant support to small-socially disadvantaged producers
June 18, 2013
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Monday that the agency is seeking applications from cooperatives to provide technical assistance to small, socially disadvantaged agricultural producers in rural areas.
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Agriculture Secretary: Agency lacks employees, statistics
May 14, 2013
Puerto Rico Agriculture Secretary Myrna Comas told lawmakers during budget hearings Monday that upon arriving to the agency in January, she uncovered an entity “in a precarious situation, with the lowest budget in its history, only 337 employees, no updated agricultural statistics, and no field level progress reports to evaluate and track work."
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New pact strengthens PR/DR commercial ties
May 10, 2013
The governments of Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic inked an agreement Thursday establishing a bilateral strategy that should spur projects to benefit both islands in education, agriculture, energy costs and tourism, Secretary of State David Bernier announced.
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Economist: Puerto Rico needs $10B-a-year push
April 22, 2013
Puerto Rico’s economy will need about $10 billion in new investments over the next three years to grow by at least 3.3 percent annually and find its way back to more prosperous pre-recession levels. In the absence of such an unlikely windfall, it will take more than a decade to circle back to acceptable levels of progress.
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Walmart increases local produce purchases
April 17, 2013
Walmart Puerto Rico announced this week that as part of its efforts to strengthen local agricultural production, it recently signed agreements to buy large amounts of onions and oranges from local farmers.
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Inter American Univ. Chancellor appointed to USDA board
February 26, 2013
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Monday the appointment of 10 members to the National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics (NAREEE) Advisory Board, including Prof. Agnes Mojica, Chancellor of the San Germán Campus of the Inter American University of Puerto Rico.
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Gov’t creates task force to boost commercial ties with DR
February 12, 2013
Looking to boost exchanges in key areas such as agriculture, manufacturing and energy, and reestablish direct trade routes between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, the Department of Economic Development and Commerce has created a task force responsible for promoting commercial ties between the islands.
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More than 1K students hit coffee fields
October 1, 2012
More than 1,000 students hit Puerto Rico’s coffee fields over the weekend to pick the ripe beans alongside a crew of government officials, the Agriculture Department confirmed.
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Local farmer to produce, market corned beef
September 11, 2012
Puerto Rican consumers who have refrained from including corned beef in their shopping baskets because of how expensive it has gotten in recent years, may be happy to know that a local farmer and entrepreneur will begin selling a locally produced brand of the favorite island staple.
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Walmart adding locally harvested mushrooms to its product offer
November 14, 2011
Walmart Puerto Rico is pushing ahead with its goal of expanding its support of local agriculture with the addition of locally harvested white button mushrooms purchased from from Aibonito-based Setas de Puerto Rico Inc.
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Forum slated on sustainable farming and world wealth
October 18, 2011
"Agriculture: Sustainability and world wealth" is the theme of an upcoming forum that will explore farming as a necessary variable to achieve development, to combat hunger and create wealth. The event is slated for Oct. 20, starting at 8 a.m. at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus School of Education.
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