FFA Newsletter Nov/Dec 2017

FACULTY of FOOD and AGRICULTURE NewsletterVolume 6 Issue 2 November/December 2017 A Celebration of FFA’s ResearchThe Faculty of Food and Agriculture (FFA) held its Research Day on Thursday 30th November 2017 and launched a Research Digest, a compilation of abstracts and research summaries, conducted by the FFAwithin the past five years.At the opening ceremony, the Dean, Dr WayneGanpat, stated that the Digest serves as a testimony tothe vibrant, current and varied research being conductedby the FFA, covering thematic areas such as FoodProduction, Food Safety, Climate Change, Nutrition,Geography and the Environment, and Extension andCommunications.Also addressing the audience was the DeputyPrincipal, Professor Indar Ramnarine, who congratulatedthe Faculty on its ongoing research programme.Professor Dale Webber, Pro Vice Chancellor,Graduate Studies, who also addressed the audience,spoke of the existence of 64 other tertiary institutionswithin the region and that The UWI should always be Professor Dale Webber, Pro Vice Chancellor, Graduatea special place. He congratulated the FFA for its good Studies, presents the award for best poster to Ms Jeanellerelationship with its stakeholders, many of whom were Joseph, PhD candidatepresent at the ceremony.Dean Wayne Ganpat presents Professor Indar Ramnarine, Mrs Tessa Barry, PhD candidate in Agricultural Deputy Principal, with a copy of the Research Digest Extension, receives the award for best oral presentation

2 Faculty of Food and Agriculture Newsletter The FFA Hosts Secondary School TeachersThe FFA collaborated with Student Foreground: Graduate student discusses programmes with teacher Affairs (Admissions) to host an Background: Teachers view hydroponic system on display introductory session for teachersto make them aware of the programmesoffered by the Faculty. Three newcertificate programmes were presented:• Certificate in Environmental Geography• Certificate in Agriculture• Certificate in Human Ecology/ Nutrition It is expected that the teacherswould share the information with theirstudents. Presentations were made byDr Lynda Wickham, Department ofFood Production, who also welcomedthe teachers, and Student Affairs(Admissions) representative. The CampusPrincipal also addressed the teachers. Theconference took place on Wednesday 8thNovember 2017 at the University Inn andConference centre.The audienceincluded stafffrom UWI.From left:Dr MarquittaWebb,Dr GaiusEudoxie,Dr MarkWuddiviraand CampusPrincipal,ProfessorBrianCopeland

Volume 6 Issue 2 3 Recognizing the Value of SoilsThe Faculty of Food and and sustainable management. lighted the close relationship Agriculture, in collaboration The event was also used as an man has with soil and the needwith the Food and Agriculture opportunity to showcase and to maintain and preserve thisOrganization Sub-Regional Off- highlight the FFA’s contributions to resource.ice in Barbados hosted SOIL Caribbean soil knowledge and theSOLUTIONS, a celebration of need for partnerships at all levels in The cultural display wassoils on 5th December 2017. The sustaining soil quality and health. produced and performed by Msinaugural event commemorated Jhunean Giraud and Mr RubadiriWorld Soil Day, which had as its Presentations on the role Victor, from the Department oftheme “caring for the planet starts that soil plays in the ecosystem were Creative and Festival Arts, UWI.from the ground.” made and were complemented with a cultural presentation displaying Mr Avinash Singh, The objective of the event the traditional and cultural role Parliamentary Secretary in thewas to increase public awarenessof of soil as a jouvert tool, a unique Ministry of Agriculture, Lands andsoil as a non-renewable and critical experience in the Caribbean. Fisheries, attended as well as otherresource in need of conservation specially invited guests from state The performance high- and private organizations.Mr Avinash Singh, Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of From left: Dr Gaius Eudoxie, Lecturer in the Department of FoodAgriculture, Lands and Fisheries addresses the audience at the Production, Ms Rheanna Chen (Green Market Executiveopening ceremony. Also at the head table from left: Dr Wayne Member) and Mr Brian Dickson (Green Market farmer)Ganpat (Dean, Faculty of Food and Agriculture), Dr ReynoldStone (Head of Department of Food Production) and Dr GregoryGouveia (Lecturer, Department of Food Production)

4 Faculty of Food and Agriculture NewsletterLaunch of Book titled: Common Weeds in Vegetable Production in the Caribbean: Agri-Technicians’ EditionCommon Weeds in Vegetable Common Weeds in VegetableProduction in the Caribbean: Production in the CaribbeanAgri-Technicians’ Edition by Dr Agri-Technicians’ EditionWendy-Ann P Isaac, Professor RichardA I Brathwaite, Wayne G Ganpat and WWeennddyy--AAnnnn PP.. IIssaaaaccTerry J Sampson, attempted to sensitize RRiicchhaarrdd AA..II.. BBrraatthhwwaaiitteefarmers, through the agri-technicians WWaayynnee GG.. GGaannppaattwho work with them, to re-evaluate the TTeerrrryy JJ.. SSaammppssoonnmanagement of non-crop plants (weeds)by becoming aware of their benefits and Professor Brathwaite added that we are inextricably linkedcontributions to the agroecosystem. to them for their goods and services. It is against this background that the non-crop species are selected for presentation in this book Professor Richard Brathwaite, told and key features identified.the audience at the launch of the book, thatit is targeted for agricultural technicians At the launch, which took place at the closing ceremony ofand could also be used as a handbook the Regional Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) course, copiesfor students of agriculture at all levels. of the book were distributed to all graduating participants. He further explained that manyof the weeds outlined in the book havetheir uses in nature. Some are valuableproviders of nectar and pollen for bees,others are useful medicines for familyand farm animals, some produce naturalinsecticides and yet others have roots withnodules hosting nitrogen-fixing bacteriafor enriching the soil. Most publicationsdealing with non-crop species havefocused on defining them as plantsgrowing in the wrong place at the wrongtime, to be managed mainly by herbicidesas they are not of utilitarian value. They are generally consideredplants which sabotage human plans asthey rob crops of nourishment, ruinagricultural landscapes and in some casesmay cause allergic reactions. They arenever remembered as our earliest sourcesof food, fibres, medicines, dyes andbuilding materials.

Volume 6 Issue 2 5The Faculty Celebrates World Food Day On The PromenadesBrian Lara Promenade The Faculty of Food and Agriculture joined with the 1 global community in celebrating World Food Day by holding two exhibitions on the Brian Lara Promenade, Port of Spain (16th October 2017) and the Harris Promenade, San Fernando (19th October 2017). The exhibitions were held to promote awareness and action for those who suffer from hunger and for the need to ensure national food security and health by promoting local and nutritious foods. Among the activities at the exhibitions were the distribution of seedlings and seeds and the sampling of foods made from local root crops and vegetables. Also, information on healthy eating habits and how vermicompost improves soil health and structure was disseminated. 2 Photo Captions 1. Mr Micah Martin, graduate student, explains how vermicompost improves soil health and struture 2. Mr Nkosi Felix, graduate student explains hydroponic sytems 3. A visitor is having his Body Mass Index reading done 3

6 Faculty of Food and Agriculture Newsletter The Faculty Celebrates World Food Day On The Promenades 4 5Harris Promenade 7 Photo Captions 6 4. The Dean of FFA , Dr Wayne Ganpat, speaks to a visitor 8 5. Mr Joshu Morris serves milk samples, from the University Field Station 6. Ms Sarojini Ragbir, Dean’s Office, gives a bottle of University Field Station milk to His Worship the Mayor, Alderman Junia Regrello 7. Mrs Sharda Sookram-Mohammed, Manager of the Agricultural Development Bank, San Fernando, examines literature from the School of Vet Medicine booth 8. Ms Natasha Howard, Public Health Inspector, in discussion with Ms Rayanna Boodram, graduate student Continued on Page 9

Volume 6 Issue 2 7 Faculty Prizes Award CeremonyThe Faculty held its 5th Annual Prizes Award ceremony on 22nd October 2017 with the samepomp and splendor as in previous years. The featurespeaker for this year’s ceremony was the Principal ofthe St Augustine Campus, Professor Brian Copeland,who congratulated the graduands on their achievements. Twelve students received First Class Honours degrees: Leanna Davis, Kezia Philip, Allan Sylvester, Donna Duncan, Sancha Emmanuel-Joseph, Lekisha Ernest, Andre Thomas, Neil Yarde, Kaaria Quash, Joanne Norville, Jenice Culzac and Brendon Taylor. OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE - Ms Lekisha Ernest who completed the BSc in Agriculture (Specialization in Crop Science and Production) receives the Faculty prize, the Professor Lawrence Wilson Prize, the Norman Girwar Award for excellence, the T.P. Lecky Award, the Currie Memorial Prize, the Principal’s prize and the Professor Richard A. I. Brathwaite Prize.Ms Kezia Philip, ValedictorianIn her address, the Valedictorian Winners of the ADOPT secondary school competition, Five Rivers Secondaryand First Class Honours student, School, with Dr Wendy Isaac and members of UWI ADOPT team. AgriculturalMs Kezia Philip, told her Demonstration of Practices & Technologies (ADOPT) is part of an initiative setclassmates, “experience is your up with the mission to implement purposeful projects that focus on reviving thetraining ground to help you interest of young people into a new and innovative agriculture.overcome future challenges.Your past does not define you,but it prepares you. Experienceis really your best teacher. Sobe patient with yourself andthe process of growth. As it isin agriculture, if you are notgrowing, you are dying.”

8 Faculty of Food and Agriculture Newsletter The Chancellor Visits the Faculty Newly installed Chancellor of The University of the West Indies, Mr Robert Bermudez, a national of Trinidad and Tobago, discusses national and regional food security issues with the Dean of the FFA Colombians Visit the Faculty and the University Field Station Dean of the FFA leads a tour of the University Field Station (UFS) with visitors from Colombian Universities. At left is Mr Sharan Singh, Director of the Office of Institutional Advancement and Internationalisation and right is Dr Corinne Wong, Veterinarian at the UFS

Volume 6 Issue 2 9 World Food Day Ms Sandra Continued from page 5 Williams discussesAt the World Food Day celebrations researchin Tobago, the FFA participated results withby showcasing posters on Assemblyman“Enhanced Preservation of Fruits Hayden Spencer,using Nanotechnology”. The Secretary,posters, which are a product of a Department ofnanotechnology project funded by Food Production,the IDRC and CRDI, Canada, were Forestry anddisplayed by Ms Sandra Williams, Fisheries of thegraduate student in the Department Tobago House ofof Food Production, who is a Assemblyresearcher on the project. Researchusing the technology is being doneon selected fruits in Trinidad andTobago.Faculty Support for the Future Growers’ Project in LaventilleMr Adrian Leonce, the Member of Parliament (MP) for the It is the hope that the students will continue to grow Laventille East/Morvant Constituency in collaboration the plants at home and encourage their family to follow,with the Women in Action for the Needy and Destitute eventually providing some extra income or food for the(WAND), the House of Angostura and the FFA has launched family.a project called the “Future Growers project”, in whichchildren in primary schools in the area are taught skills From left to right: Ms Karen Lee Lum (PRO WAND), Mrand given the tools to learn how to grow their own food. Adrian Leonce (MP Laventille East Morvant), Ms Michelle Ford (Laventille East Morvant Constituency), Dr Reynold Two objectives of the project are to: Stone (Head, Department of Food Production), Mr Brandon• Teach children the value of growing their own Abraham (student, Department of Food Production), Dr Wendy-food: both from a financial and nutritional perspective Ann Isaac and Mr Brandon Murphy (Department of Food• Foster home gardening as a sustainable avenue for Production, main facilitator), Mrs Giselle Laronde-West (Seniorreducing a family’s food bill and also to earn additional Manager – Hospitality and Communications, Angostura Limited)revenue. Workshops have been conducted at several schools,from September to November 2017 by members of theUWI Agricultural Society guided by Mr Brandon Murphy.At the workshops, the children were shown how to createtheir own hydroponic grow system; its use and benefits.They learnt how to grow nutritious leafy crops. Eventually,each school will be provided with a hydroponic system unitwhich they will use to grow their first batch of produce. Eventually, schools will be given the opportunity tosell their produce at a ‘Market Day’ to be hosted in the areain 2018.

10 Faculty of Food and Agriculture Newsletter FFA participates in the Lakshmi Girls’ Hindu College’s Annual Science FairStudents of the Lakshmi Girls’ Hindu College were informed of the range of degree offerings by the FFA at their Annual Science Fair, which was held on 25t­h October 2017. They, along with their teachers, weresurprised at the number of programmes that the FFA offered. Ms Treasure Alcindor, Technical Assistant in the Geography graduate student, Ms Nicola Mathura Communications and Publications Unit talks to and researcher, Ms Christal Benjamin, explain all thestudents about the programmes offered by the FFA exciting careers that one can have with a geographyPlant Quarantine Principles and Procedures CourseThe 7th United States Department Twenty participants from 16 countries of Agriculture/Animal and attended the coursePlant Health Inspection ServiceGreater Caribbean SafeguardingInitiative (USDA/APHIS GCSI)/UWI Regional Training Courseon Plant Quarantine Principlesand Procedures was held from 31stJuly to 11th August 2017. The overall objectivewas to empower participants tosafeguard the Caribbean Regionfrom the entry and establishmentof exotic plant pests, as well asto manage any outbreaks thatmay occur, through strengtheningregional phytosanitary capabilitiesand capacities.

Volume 6 Issue 2 11 Students of San Juan Secondary School learn about Agro-TechnologyThe Faculty teamed up with the “Green Market”, an entity which links farmers and producers directly to consumers, and demonstrated to students of the San Juan Secondary School various agro-technologies. Theexecutives of the market, who work closely with the school on a life lessons project, invited the Faculty to teachthe students life lessons through agricuture and expose them to agro-technology, so that they would appreciatethat agriculture does not have to be a labour intensive activity. Dr Gaius Eudoxie, Deputy Dean Outreach and Internationalization, of the Department of Food Productionand other staff and students of the department, met with the students at the market in October 2017 and sharedinformation on hydroponics, plant pathology, the importance of soil structure and use of pH meters. The Dean of the FFA donated a vermicomposting system to the project and the students were showed howto set up the system. The students were greatly enthused about the use of technology in agriculture. Mr Nkosi Felix, Department of Food Production, ADOPT project, demonstrates a mini hydroponic system to students Dr Gaius Eudoxie, Department of Food Production, explains the use of a pH meterGeography Week

12 Faculty of Food and Agriculture Newsletter Small Creature, Big Appetite, Large Destruction With the ability to consume up to 500 plant species, the Giant African Snail (GAS) can cause devastating effects to the already beleaguered agricultural industry and can even pose health risks to humans. First identified in Diego Martin in Trinidad in 2008, the snail can now be found in other places across the island. The United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS), in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries (MALF) and the Faculty of Food and Agriculture, The University of the West Indies, hosted Dr Amy Roda, Entomologist from USDA APHIS Center for Plant Health Science and Technology (CPHST) from August 14th to 18th 2017, to develop a management programme for the GAS and consolidate all the 1 ongoing eradication efforts. The meeting brought together stakeholders from the MALF, the University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT), the National Agricultural Marketing and Development Corporation (NAMDEVCO), the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI), the Ministry of Health and various Regional Corporations throughout Trinidad. Presentations were made by Mrs Nazia Alishan, Agricultural Officer, and Ms Teresa Rosemond, Entomologist, from the MALF, who both gave a background and status of GAS and the way forward. Dr Marcus Ramdwar, from UTT, spoke on GAS interventions and Ms Shoba Marimuthu, from NAMDEVCO, presented an overview of the GAS operational control programme. Dr Amy Roda made a presentation on the experience of the eradication of GAS in Florida and possible management strategies for Trinidad and Tobago. Together with a team of Ministry and University officials, she visited infested areas in Orange Grove and Mt Lambert, where pilot trials were mounted using traditional methyldehyde treatments, a number of pyrazines and a papaya based attractant for the snail.2 Dr Roda reported some positive results from her initial studies here in Trinidad, despite the shortness of her visit. 3 From left: Ms Renita Sewsaran, Technical Assistant (USDA Trinidad & Tobago), Mr Wayne De Chi, Agricultural Scientist (USDA APHIS), Ms Teresa Rosemond, Entomologist, (MALF), Dr Wayne Ganpat, Dean (Faculty of Food and Agriculture, UWI), Ms Nazia Alishan, Agricultural Officer (MALF), Dr Marcus Ramdwar, Assistant Professor (UTT), Dr Amy Roda, Entomologist (USDA APHIS) Experts locate snails at a night-time field visit to Orange Grove

Volume 6 Issue 2 13 FFA Graduates Win Award to Network with other Young LeadersApplying their education and expanding communications through social media tools, two graduates of the FFA, have been awarded opportunities to network with Young Leadersof the Americas (YLAI) through an initiative of the US Embassy in Trinidad and Tobago.Brent Eversley and Keron Bascombe, through YLAI, will be hosted in the USA during October and November2017 with opportunities to learn and teach, to share experiences in – but not exclusive to – agriculture,clean energy, e-commerce, education, entrepreneurship, health care, hospitality, marketing, and branding. Brent Eversley belongs to a group of five friends who met at The UWI and stucktogether after graduation “to do small promotions, parties, and entertainment gigs.”In 2012, they launched Green Farm Nation and started hydroponic lettuce production a year later ona 5,000 sq ft house lot. Later, they moved to a three-acre field in Carlsen Field, Chaguanas. Using smallspace technology, they grow several varieties of lettuce, bell peppers, cherry tomatoes, and micro-greensfor local supermarket chains. Eversley is fully employed as operations director of the farm. He holdsa BSc in Agribusiness Management with a minor in Environmental and Natural Resources Management. Keron Bascombe is in agribusiness, but has no farm. His fields are the hearts and minds of farmers,aspiring agri-preneurs and ultimately, communities everywhere that grow healthy on the products of farmers.He started his blog promoting agribusiness in 2011. Today the Tech4Agri website is a forum and educationsite, a virtual hub and network for everyone involved in agriculture and agro-production, in Trinidad andTobago and regionally. Bascombe considers himself a “freelancer in agricultural journalism and communications. “He usesand trains others in the use of social media – “mobile journalism” and smartphone technologies (filmingand editing) – to promote “innovation in agriculture, research, agribusiness, entrepreneurship, science etc.”Tech4Agri works throughout the Caribbean, with seven volunteer members in Trinidad, and three partnersfrom Dominica and St. Kitts. Bascombe says, “Tech4Agri is changing the way we communicate aboutagriculture, and hoping to change the dynamic of the sector, attracting young people back to the importantbusiness of food production.” Bascombe is currently working on the Master in Agri-business communication at UWI St Augustine. Source: UWI Today, October 2017Keron Bascombe Brent Eversley

14 Faculty of Food and Agriculture NewsletterStudent Contingent Attends Thought for Food Global Summit Thought For Food (TFF) is the world’s leading From left to right: Dana Lewis and Faculty of Scienceplatform for Next Generation Innovation and Collaboration and Technology students, Nai’a Ince-Williams, Nyokato address global food and nutrition security. The platform Morris, Chevelle McMillan and Melissa Hanomansinghbrings together bold, unconventional thinkers from alldisciplines and parts of the globe, to develop solutions to thequestion facing our future: how do we feed 9+ billion peopleby 2050? FFA students, Dana Lewis, Christopher Bascombe,Alpha Sennon, Keron Bascombe, Kayla Bascombe and LukeSmith, accompanied by four other students from the Facultyof Science and Technology, attended the Thought for FoodGlobal Summit, which was held in Amsterdam from 26th to27th May 2017. The group was able to learn of global food securitychallenges and how these challenges were being dealt with.According to Ms Lewis, they got an understanding of theways in which they could aid in reducing food insecurity, aswell as learn about innovative ideas related to food insecurity. According to Ms Lewis, the summit afforded aninteractive, dynamic environment which allowed the groupto engage in hands-on experiments and activities. Meet the new Faculty Guild RepresentativeMr Videsh Mosodeen, the new Faculty of Food and Agriculture Guild Representative, outlinessome of the reasons why he decided to run for FacultyRepresentative:• Make the faculty more exciting and enjoyable for students• Help students with academic and social issues• Lobby for improved infrastructure facilities• Provide support to students, through net-working with other students• Promote and improve the students’ clubs and societies According to Mr Mosodeen, “I ran because Ilove politics and because I have the power to actuallydo something for the betterment of others.” MrMosodeen quoted Dr David Burns: “Aim for success,not perfection. Never give up your right to be wrong,because then you will lose the ability to learn newthings and move forward with your life.”

15 Volume 6 Issue 2 Faculty of Food and Agriculture Newsletter 15 Business Development Unit Honours ParticipantsThe Business Development Unit conducted six training courses Mrs Alicia Blaise-Fergus from June 10th to October 14th 2017. These courses were: Pest A sense of fulfilmentControl Operator Training, Hydroponics: Construction, Operation andManagement, Arboriculture: Essentials of Large Tree Management, The facilitators brought anAquaponics: Food Production for the Future, Basic Home Food enlightenmentProduction and Basics for Agri-preneurs. On 11th November 2017, participants were given awards including Each session, never a dullspecial awards to those who participated in three or more courses. Mrs momentAlicia Blaise-Fergus, gave the valedictorian address (below) at theceremony. NFT, Ebb and Flow, just to name a fewEach Day the cries are before essentials to support a bright us future Show us your design, we’ll construct it for you The cries of our generation But how can I become a Our growing population farmer Living in a concrete This wealth of knowledge that infiltrated my brain I could Are we heading for a state jungle not contain, no way could Iof starvation? Where are our An apartment, not single Guardians of Information? Water problems evermore refrain None for two three days, From passing on this Our Educators, The intellectual awareness Facilitators, who go beyond sometimes more It was a must to share, friends, Where sunlight cease family, and acquaintances the Curriculum To educate, to demonstrate, To teach us the skills of the to penetrate, just lend me your earpast plantation, coupled with The much needed source forthose of the new millennium germination and maturation My appetite grew with a desireA world of industrialization to learn more, kissing a world originating Limited space for thriving vegetation Enrollment in anther course from creation. was for sure My journey began with the Hydroponics held the key, the With much enthusiasm invitation to a Grand Expo solution I signed up for A magnificent display, a What better option for my Basic Home Food Production, great deal of knowledge to space limitation The Core It take away A system of farming where I had to rename this title Too much to explore in just agriculture meets technology I’d say “Farming made Containers, media trays, air Simple’ Practicing basic one day principles we’ve learned Food and Agriculture thank pump, seedlings, DWC, Or the use of PVC set vertically To be a farmer, a big income you for that opportunity you don’t have to earn Every An experience did linger, an Saving resources, highest quality, individual can make the appetite now hungered difference Contributing with My interest in Agriculture The use of no soil, yet greatest productivity considerable significance had changed and my Continued on Page 16 appreciation For this science In a changing world where inanimate things are given was rearrangedTo a heartfelt appreciation for human peculiarity Was presented to me, our natural resources Smart Farming, opening up a Animal and plant life, window of opportunities materials, our assets, embedded on the earth This class was an By the hands of the Master, empowerment the DesignerSupplying this nation with the

16 Faculty of Food and Agriculture Newsletter Business Development Unit The Faculty of In This Issue 1 Honours Participants continued Food FFA Celebrates Research Day 2 and 3 To the food security, a FFA Hosts Secondary School 4 nation’s biggest fear Agriculture Teachers 5 It starts with us, it starts Wishes You all 7 Happy Holidays Recognizing the Value of Soils 8 right here 9 Agricultural Scientists we and Launch of Common Weeds in 10 a Bright Vegetable Production Book 10 can all become 11 Saving seeds at home, when and World Food Day 12 Productive 13 we’re all done New Year! Prizes Award Ceremony Planting a garden was like 14ABC, from kitchen to soil, we Visitors to FFA 14 15 had food to eat Future Growers’ Project A little discipline, wasn’t FFA Participates in much to maintain College Fair Then saving our country, Plant Quarantine Principles with an aim to sustain and Procedures CourseOur kitchen became our one San Juan Students learn stop shop about Agro-TechnologyFor seedlings, pesticides, and Small Creatures, Big Appetite, organic product Large Destruction From containers to fencing FFA Graduates Win Awards to pvc piping Any space we could stand, FFA Students attend Thought for Food Global was worth utilizing Summit I’ve used my skills and Meet the New Faculty Guild abilities acquired Representative To unlock the potential of BDU Honours Course those who have desired ParticipantsTeaching them it’s no rocket Layout and Design science to decipher Ms Sarojini Ragbir To plant and harvest, too Photography easy not to be accomplished Mr Terry Sampson, Kitchen garden for friends Ms Makanzwa Pita and family I’ve established Editors Thank you Food and Ms Sarojini Ragbir and Agriculture Dr Wayne Ganpat For a journey that has not ended Past and present students here, who have represented Continue to explore your galaxy of greatness Sharing always with an attitude of unselfishness Teaching our community,there’s no excuse for poverty. Producing your own food, helping transform our society.