Farmers in St. Vincent get training in medicinal marijuana farming techniques

Participants on a field trip during the training exercise

KINGSTOWN, ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES – A recently held Training the Farmers Workshop on medicinal cannabis at the Sans Souci Learning Resource Centre, saw the organizing entity, Acres Agri, investing over $30,000.00 on the program, which engaged 127 farmers and farm workers over four days on farming techniques and best practices.

A director of Acres Agri, when asked about the significance of the investment, pointed out that, “It is a sign of confidence in the potential of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines cannabis industry.”

He added that when the island’s government passes the expected legislation, Acres Agri will be there to partner with the farmers in this game-changing industry, for the economic benefits of all Vincentians.

“Definitely Acres Agri will be working exclusively with the local farmers and people of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, to realise all of the employment opportunities that the industry would allow us to bring to St. Vincent and the Grenadines,” the official stated.

There will be follow-up training for a specific number of farmers and or farm workers who did attend the initial workshop, “for training is and will be an ongoing exercise by Acres Agri.”

“Career guidance and management within the industry is a key part of our outreach to specified individuals. We will be working closely with the government to offer outreach programs to young people and to local entrepreneurs,” the director said.

The director, who preferred to remain anonymous at present, admitted that many are yet to grasp the potential of the medicinal cannabis market. As a result, Acres Agri will seek to assist the young farmers with training so they would be able to positively maximize their earnings.

Additionally, according to the director, through working closely in partnership with the farmers, the educational levels needed will be achieved in order to engender a holistic approach to the industry if the people of St. Vincent and the Grenadines are to enjoy the massive potential of the medicinal cannabis industry.

The director went on to state that by working in such close partnerships with the farmers, the knowledge imparted would serve to help them better understand that “there are further international standards and set industry guidelines that we want to have persons trained in, to allow Vincentians to be the ones who benefit from the jobs in the industry.”

It is estimated that about $20-million to $30-million will be funneled into establishing the necessary infrastructure to carry out the needed procedures for the extraction of oils and other by-products from the cannabis plant.

Additionally, it was confirmed that “the setting up of the extraction facility as we would like to have it, pending the legislative authority to do so, will be a major capital investment in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.”

Participants at the workshop

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11 Comments

  1. Organic Medicine
    April 25, 2018

    The weed in Dominica is never fully mature. They believe that a plant is ready to harvest after only growing for 3 months which is why Dominica marijuana is not very potent. A fully mature plant should be harvested at 6 months not 3. Smh

    • Affa
      April 26, 2018

      Reason is police persecution of marijuana and thieves may get to it before them so they had to gravitate to the short-crop, although less potent.

    • prophet for a profit
      April 30, 2018

      I dont know where you getting your weed from buddy. Our stuff is up there in many cases.

  2. Affa
    April 24, 2018

    All these shenanigans, they just need to legalize Marijuana and let businesses spring out of it. Cut the bs of multitude of rules and nitpicking. Seriously.

  3. Advisor
    April 24, 2018

    You obviously didn’t read the entire article.

    PS. the chicken you eat everyday is unhealthy, yet you consume it daily. Allow others the choice to use weed since you have the choice to drink alcohol, eat chicken, consume red meats, ignore exercise etc..,

  4. April 24, 2018

    Believe me, Dominicans know how to grow ganja! It should be legalized.

  5. prophet for a profit
    April 24, 2018

    meanwhile, in dominica… (crickets in the background)

  6. zandoli
    April 24, 2018

    I get the feeling that this medicinal marijuna business in the Caribbean is just another excuse for some people to smoke their weed freely. Marijuana smoke is harmful to the lungs. If they could extract the medicinal ingredients and administer it as oils or edibles, then I can understand. But in all the talk about medicinal marijuana, I have not heard of one downstream industry to process the plant being discussed.

    • Kushite
      April 24, 2018

      Your badge up front and showing…. :mrgreen:

  7. April 24, 2018

    Skerrit dem sitting on their brains, they can’t think that far :-D

  8. Speak Up
    April 24, 2018

    Great moves. This initiative should spread throughout the Caribbean

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