The Puerto Rico Department of Agriculture will be signing agreements with 24 farmers in the Arecibo region to assign funding that will generate $676,132 in economic activity, agency officials said.
The Puerto Rico Agriculture Department has been awarded $352,290 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to develop eight projects that will increase sales of specialty crops by improving food safety through training and mentoring programs, the federal agency announced Tuesday.
Following a five-year absence from the local market, Industrias Lecheras de Puerto Rico will again sell its traditional white cheese in more than 3,000 establishments, including supermarkets, gas stations and grocery stores, Larry Lugo-Cruz, president of the company known as Indulac said.
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