I was watching the news just now, and there was a cry to have more young Bahamians enter the farming industry. The farmers interviewed were encouraging government to create more incentives to encourage young people to stay within the farming industry and encourage persons outside the industry to consider farming as an option. Then I thought to myself, farmer or bellman. Both backbreaking work, but bellman and tourism looks kinda 'pretty' in contrast to farming. Guess what, bellman work won. Looks like farming ga never take off in this Bahamas while there are opportunities in tourism to be have.

No one has shown that there is true money to be made in this country for farming.

Bahamains has been working for a generation just to finally get out of the agriculture way of life, and even though modern agriculture no longer requires your first and second, and third born, to stay at home and miss school to help in the harvest, Bahamains find it hard to go back to agriculture.

No one has shown that there is true money to be made in this country for farming.
Bahamains has been working for a generation just to finally get out of the agriculture way of life, and even though modern agriculture no longer requires your first and second, and third born, to stay at home and miss school to help in the harvest, Bahamains find it hard to go back to agriculture.

The Goodfellows, though not Bahamian seem to be doing pretty well for themselves.

The Goodfellows, though not Bahamian seem to be doing pretty well for themselves.
well in contrasts toooooooooooo?

The Goodfellows, though not Bahamian seem to be doing pretty well for themselves.

Who?

Who?

http://www.goodfellowfarms.com/

How come there is no "I'm making it in agriculture" series?

I mean, who doesn't make it in tourism?

How come there is no "I'm making it in agriculture" series?
I mean, who doesn't make it in tourism?
That's because bellmen actually makes more than them. 50k plus a year.

I was watching the news just now, and there was a cry to have more young Bahamians enter the farming industry. The farmers interviewed were encouraging government to create more incentives to encourage young people to stay within the farming industry and encourage persons outside the industry to consider farming as an option. Then I thought to myself, farmer or bellman. Both backbreaking work, but bellman and tourism looks kinda 'pretty' in contrast to farming. Guess what, bellman work won. Looks like farming ga never take off in this Bahamas while there are opportunities in tourism to be have.

As long as the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries is such an utter failure agriculture will not be a primary choice for industry. Giving out free seeds is not a plan for the support of an industry that was the backbone of the Bahamas.

As long as the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries is such an utter failure agriculture will not be a primary choice for industry. Giving out free seeds is not a plan for the support of an industry that was the backbone of the Bahamas.
canesfins,
we have been talking about agriculture for years.
We have had 3 recent administrations and still nothing.
What can we do?

canesfins,
we have been talking about agriculture for years.
We have had 3 recent administrations and still nothing.
What can we do?

Well there is never a Minister appointed to the Ministry that has the background or the desire to really promote the industry in a proper, modern way. The way our governments appoint Ministers had no clear logical basis. A Minister should take a certain Cabinet Position because they are best served for that particular Ministry, not as a reward of sorts. As soon as we make this fundamental change in the way our Ministries are administered we will have industries such as agriculture suffer.

Well there is never a Minister appointed to the Ministry that has the background or the desire to really promote the industry in a proper, modern way. The way our governments appoint Ministers had no clear logical basis. A Minister should take a certain Cabinet Position because they are best served for that particular Ministry, not as a reward of sorts. As soon as we make this fundamental change in the way our Ministries are administered we will have industries such as agriculture suffer.

But isn't Larry Cartwright a farmer?

Well there is never a Minister appointed to the Ministry that has the background or the desire to really promote the industry in a proper, modern way. The way our governments appoint Ministers had no clear logical basis. A Minister should take a certain Cabinet Position because they are best served for that particular Ministry, not as a reward of sorts. As soon as we make this fundamental change in the way our Ministries are administered we will have industries such as agriculture suffer.
What about Key and Cartwright?

What about Key and Cartwright?

Key is concerned about getting apiece of the Hotel and ral estate development market, not agriculture.

I was hoping we would see a more progressive plan from Cartwright but nothing in his long silence.

http://www.goodfellowfarms.com/


...anyone ever had lunch there????is the food good???prices????