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Denbigh Still A Draw Despite Low Volume Of Produce
HANDS ON!<br />This clever vegetable display from St<br />Elizabeth was all about hands!
Lifestyle, Local Food, Local Lifestyle, Style, Style Observer, Thursday Food, Tuesday Style
August 6, 2014

Denbigh Still A Draw Despite Low Volume Of Produce

Over its 60 years of existence, the Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show has gained quite a formidable reputation for showcasing the best in agricultural produce and livestock. This year’s show was for many patrons a tad disappointing. Several individuals attributed the reduced volume of ground produce to the prolonged drought that the country has been experiencing. “There used to be a lot more produce and it was more phenomenal in terms of size of the ground produce and livestock,” stated Donovan Carson whom Thursday Life spotted in the livestock area.

For Winsome Lynch, who had journeyed from Kingston, the celebrated farmers’ market was the one element missing. “I tried to find the farmers’ market and there was no farmers’ market as we know it. The last time we were here they had the different pavilions with the different parishes with their own displays. This time they have the different pavilions, but no farmers’ market, and we miss that. This is the one thing I am disappointed about. I am not disappointed in the show itself because I like the booths with more corporate Jamaica.”

Our beloved farmers continue to try, however, and need to be applauded for their efforts. Low produce, yes, but enthusiasm abounds.The first, second and third prize winners were awarded after field visits and assessment by the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) officers to Manchester, St Ann and Trelawny respectively, for phase one of the competition, and Trelawny, St Ann and St Mary respectively for phase two.

— Donna Hussey-Whyte on location at Denbigh

 

 

 

 

A wonderful marriage of craft and the bounty of our land created this unique design. Fitz Johnson from the Rural Agricultural<br />Development Authority (RADA) proudly<br />displays a 42-pound pumpkin from the farm of<br />Dr Marjorie Vassell in Sligoville, St Catherine.
(L-R) Everton Phillips prepares some of the<br />popular Boston jerk pork for one of his<br />anxious customers. Mervina Lloyd&rsquo;s East Indian mangoes from St Thomas<br />were simply hard to resist.
(L-R) Chef Kevan Morris from K&S Jerk<br />getting ready to serve his jerk chicken. Sweet peppers and potatoes produced by the<br />Christiana Potato Growers&rsquo; Association in Clarendon.
TO THE WORL&rsquo;! The birth parish of Usain Bolt, Trelawny, was all about value added.
Glenroy Williams (right), 4-H Club advisor at St Andrew Technical High School in Kingston, along<br />with club president, Akeli Stampp (centre) and project leader, Ortega Mattocks, introduce their<br />new creations (from left) Naseberry Sweet Spread, Ripe Banana Wine and Cucumber Pickle.

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