By Kielon Hilaire. Ask a Trini what makes Christmas feel like Christmas and you would more likely get, “OMG, de food! De food! I jus’ cyah wait to eat de food!” But when you ask Marina Rivas you’ll get, “I love to cook! I love to bake! I love to make …
Read More »How soy farmers provide vital nutrients around the world
Soy is one of the unique foods due to its nutritional value to consumers. Today, major NGOs, organisations, and governments are increasingly lobbying for the increased production and processing of soy products. Farmers play a significant role in providing the needed soy for processing to produce the required products. Farmers …
Read More »Cook plantain with 6 easy recipes
If you have a plantain patch in your yard, or access to one, then you are definitely looking for ways to cook plantain. With food prices constantly on the rise, substitutions for grocery items are important. The best substitutions are the ones that you can make yourself. If you have …
Read More »Roti shops the life savers for curry
“Hurry, hurry, come for curry,” said calypsonians Dave “Booker” Martin and Byron Lee and The Dragonaires in their old school hits. Every Divali, the lines at roti shops overflow onto the pavements of Trinidad and Tobago. At Hosein’s Roti Shop on Independence Square in Port of Spain you can see …
Read More »Homemade ice cream, sweat for a sweet
By Annisa Phillip. One of the things I recall about growing up in my grandmother’s house is ice cream making. My first involvement in the experience required some manual labour. Back then we used a wooden pail and the real labour was having to turn the handle of that pail …
Read More »Tech for Agri: Pinduoduo focusses on increasing market accessibility
Pinduoduo has made its “Tech for Agri” vision a core priority, with a focus on increasing market accessibility through its e-commerce platform, improving digital inclusion and literacy through tailor-made online training programmes, and fostering innovation to deliver a productivity leapfrog by promoting agritech solutions and horticultural breakthroughs. Vertical Farm Tower …
Read More »Sweets or Methai in Hindi by Reshma
By Simone Charles. Reshma Persad of Roy Mootoo Avenue, Sangre Grande, says that she sells Indian delicacies as her livelihood. She explains that ”Methai is the Hindi word for sweets. I have been in this business only about a year and it has been really good! I get orders from all …
Read More »Fertilizer Production: New system available by Digital Utilities Ventures
The Easy FEN Modular Microbe Fertilizer System was launched by Digital Utilities Ventures, Inc (OTC: DUTV). It utilizes the revolutionary proprietary soil microbe formula (Terreplenish®) and is now available for distribution in both the United States and internationally. The system is essentially a decentralized, fully automatic “Fertilizer Plant in a Box” …
Read More »Vertical farming: 3rd Smart Agriculture Competition launched by Pinduoduo
A vertical farming challenge for its 3rd Smart Agriculture Competition was launched by Pinduoduo. This is an annual precision farming contest aimed at encouraging data scientists and agricultural researchers to develop productivity-boosting agricultural technology. A vertical farm is a farm in which crops are grown in trays stacked on top of each other, …
Read More »Schenk Wines releases 10 signature wine labels for online sales
Consumers of Schenk Wines, the fourth-largest family-owned wine group in Europe, have the ability to purchase their favourites directly with its new direct-to-consumer retail site https://schenkwinesusa.com/. Capitalisng on its large selection of wines, Schenk was able to hand-curate 10 specific wines out of its 50+ inventory of traditional wines and non-alcoholic …
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