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n its continued thrust to promote agriculture and inspire children to love agriculture, the GCCI’s Green Economy Committee, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, took its Vertical Kitchen Garden Project, on Saturday, November 28, 2020, to the David Rose School for the Differently Abled. The Project aims to demonstrate the use of recyclables to establish a kitchen garden. The Green Economy Committee used plastic bottles and arranged them against a supporting backdrop to allow for water and soil nutrients conservation when tending to the plants. The Chamber is emphatic in its belief that concrete homes do not preclude anyone from having a kitchen garden.
Vegetables planted were thyme, celery, lettuce and calaloo; the bulk of which were donated by the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI). These plants are all known for their health benefits. Children were also included in the exercise to develop their interest in agriculture.
It is the intention of the Chamber to take its Vertical Kitchen Garden Project to other schools in the new year at the fourth form level so as to achieve one of our long term goals of sustainable agriculture and ensure we continue to nurture young agricultural entrepreneurs. This will run concurrently with our Plant a Tree Initiative which was launched in Agriculture month of this year.
Special thanks are extended to the Ministry of Education, NAREI and Mr Hubert Sinclair of The David Rose School for the Differently Abled in helping us to make this project a success.