Food/Cooking
BAMSI Launches Roots and Tubers Distribution programme
September 23, 2020
THE MINISTRY of Agriculture and Marine Resources’ Food Substitution initiative received a ‘shot in the arm’ recently as farmers across the Bahamas, beginning in Abaco, Grand Bahama and Ragged Island...
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Statement from Cabinet Office
September 22, 2020
The Cabinet Office announces for general information that the Hon. Frankie Campbell, Minister of Social Services and Urban Development, was admitted to Doctor's Hospital East...
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Donation of Fertilizer to Bahamian Farmers
September 04, 2020
The Department of Agriculture of the Ministry of Agriculture and Marine Resources received a donation of fertilizer from the Government of the Kingdom of Morocco, on behalf of the Bahamas Government...
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Prime Minister Minnis Tours BAIC
August 28, 2020
Prime Minister the Most Hon. Dr. Hubert Minnis (second left) toured the Bahamas Agricultural and Industrial Corporation (BAIC) today, August 28, 2020 accompanied by Parliamentary Secretary...
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Backyard Farming and Other Community Initiatives Take Root Again in GB
August 28, 2020
Minister of Agriculture and Marine Resources, the Hon. Michael Pintard, launched Marco City’s backyard farming project on Wednesday, with the distribution of free farming starter kits to residents of the community...
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Reflections: The Farm at CTI embraced the challenges of Hurricane Dorian and COVID-19
August 21, 2020
Food security and farming became pressing issues in The Bahamas and for the first time, the country had faced a food crisis of a magnitude never experienced...
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One in four need food assistance
July 28, 2020
ONE in four people in The Bahamas are receiving food assistance in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the National Food Distribution Task Force...
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Backyard Farming Kits Distributed To The Community
July 24, 2020
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE SUPPORTING BACKYARD FARMERS...The Ministry of Agriculture and Marine Resources has distributed nearly 1,000 gardening kits as a part of the National Food Emergency Plan...
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Learning about food
July 23, 2020
PATRICIA Minnis, wife of Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis, attended the second day of a four-day food processing training workshop for members of the Women and Girls Mentoring Coalition yesterday. The workshop is being held at the Food Safety and Tec
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Plan outlines 50 operational changes for restaurants and bars
June 04, 2020
Restaurants and bars will look very different in The Bahamas because of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and the tourism and hospitality sector’s response to it, with constant sanitizing, physical distancing considerations and the need to introduce new products to aid in virus spread mitigation...
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Bamsi Set to Host Free Virtual Education Series
May 13, 2020
AS BAHAMIANS begin to navigate their way forward under the gaze of COVID-19, facing what is certain to be a new normal, many are looking to take advantage of the ‘shelter-in-place’ protocols...
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Minister of Education updates on Virtual Learning Platform & School Lunch Programme Vouchers
April 27, 2020
In his COVID-19 Response Communication in the House of Assembly, April 27, 2020 Minister of Education the Hon. Jeffrey Lloyd announced that each student on the Ministry of Education's Virtual Learning Platform...
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BAMSI Donates Produce from Student Farm
April 23, 2020
HEALTHCARE officials and law enforcement officers throughout the Commonwealth of the Bahamas have been challenged with unprecedented workloads as they work to contain Covid-19 and minimize its effects on Bahamians...
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Five Ways that COVID-19 has changed what food security looks like in the Caribbean
April 14, 2020
Caribbean countries are familiar with the risk that comes with a lack of food sovereignty. It has long been the case that between 80 and 90 per cent of all food consumed in the region (in the amount of about $6 billion according to the latest...
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Important Information from The Price Control Commission
April 07, 2020
The Prices Control Commission has seen the outcry from The Bahamian consumers on the price of eggs...THE DUTY ON EGGS IS 30% PLUS 12% VAT. THE CONTROL MARK UP RETAIL MARK UP IS 10%...
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Emergency food plan includes $1.6M injection
April 07, 2020
In light of global labor and supply chain disruptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ministry of Agriculture and Marine Resources is injecting more than $1.6 million into local farms, as a part of the government’s emergency food production plan...
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Ministry of Agriculture and Marine Resources Emergency Food Production Plan
April 06, 2020
The Global Covid-19 pandemic has claimed more than thousands of lives and unleashed fear internationally. There has been substantial contraction in the global economy. Losses are in the trillions across the globe...
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Mia’s Abaco dishes land her top spot in Senior School Culinary Competition
February 11, 2020
A malfunctioning oven did not deter her completely. In fact, her Abaco Crab and Chicken Duff and Marsh Harbour Guava Rice Cheese Cake landed her in the top spot of the senior high division of this year’s Young Chef Culinary Competition...
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BAMSI Partners with Poopdeck, Takes on Fine Dining
January 09, 2020
THE BAHAMAS AGRICULTURE and Marine Science Institute (BAMSI) has partnered with one of Nassau’s fine dining establishments in a move to showcase the versatility and unique flavor profile of its Andros-grown produce. Offering these specialty items as part of their Thanksgiving feast, and now incorporating them into the holiday and regular menu, the culinary staff at the Poop Deck Restaurant at Sandyport, West Bay Street, provides diners with a distinctive experience focused on fresh, quality ingredients, bold flavours and textures, and creative concepts...
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AML Foods 4th Annual Feed 5,000 Families Brings Cheer & Goodwill
December 25, 2019
A few days before Christmas, representatives from over 100 soup kitchens, churches and feeding centers, that make up the membership of the Bahamas Feeding Network, descended upon AML Foods Limited’s Solomons Yamacraw store to collect the proceeds from the month-long Feed 5000 Families campaign, the fourth in the series...
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