The events will take place in October.
Chef Ventura Vivoni will combine forces with a group of local food producers at the Mercado de Alimentos Santurce, World Central Kitchen’s food market in San Juan, on Dec. 18, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Starting at 11 a.m., Vivoni will host a live cooking demonstration using fresh ingredients from the market “to give […]
The Puerto Rico Farm Bureau has developed several initiatives to promote the sale of local products through the use of technologies, as well as establishing business bridges with restaurants and supermarkets to ensure that nothing goes to waste. Trade group President Héctor Cordero said the efforts respond the measures taken to fight the spread of […]
The University of Puerto Rico’s Cayey campus, one of the island’s top universities specializing in the areas of science and entrepreneurship, has become home to one of the most important agricultural markets of the island, integrating lessons in health and economic development.
Economic Development Bank President Ivonne Otero said Tuesday that local farmers participating in the agency’s urban market events over the past 24 months have generated some $1.2 million in direct sales, plus another similar amount in deals to export their goods, as well as sell them at retail establishments on the island.
Ponce Mayor María Meléndez and Agriculture Secretary Javier Rivera Aquino, center, tour the Plaza del Caribe farmers’ market Saturday. Some 25 farmers participating in the Agriculture Department-sponsored farmers’ market in Plaza del Caribe in Ponce are expected to wrap up the weekend with between $35,000 and $40,000 in sales, organizers said. The first-of-its-kind event to […]
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