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The opposition One Bermuda Alliance has criticised the Government for failing to listen to farmers before moving ahead with plans to develop a vertical farming industry on the island. The project – a key pillar in the Government’s Economic Recovery P...

The Government plans to create a vertical farming industry on the island have been put on hold after the overseas company behind the scheme reported massive losses. The Bermuda Economic Development Corporation had partnered with Florida-based Kalera ...

Farmers could take legal action to block government plans to set up a vertical-farming industry on the island. The Bermuda Farmers Association is “addressing the legal path towards presenting an injunction” against the proposal. In an interview with ...

The island’s dairy and milk supplier is catching up on a temporary shortage blamed on fallout from last week’s Hurricane Fiona. Dunkley’s Dairy in Devonshire “always has challenges around hurricanes”, according to chief executive Michael Dunkley....

A dozen runaway cows broke from their enclosure and ended up on the beach and golf course at St Regis hotel on Monday. Photographs and videos have emerged on social media of the cattle bathing in the crystal clear waters of St Catherine’s Beach and m...

Farmers have reported their summer crops are taking a beating because of a lack of rain. Dry conditions have not only impacted traditional summer harvests but sent thirsty feral chickens and rodents scavenging into the fields, according to Carlos Ama...

A community gardening instructor whose students have been targeted by crop thieves has called on Bermuda “to look at itself”. Kevin Santucci, a chaplain, who runs the Grow, Eat, Save programme designed to help amateur gardeners to become more self-su...

Visiting instructors from England have begun to train staff from several local organisations about horticulture and arboriculture in an effort to bolster local talent. Trainers from Kingston Maurward College in Dorset began training sessions at the B...

A high-school class has joined the fight against food insecurity and launched a website connecting the public to food resources. Pupils from the Berkeley Institute created the Bermuda Lunchbox, a directory of food charities and farming resources, aft...

The AgraLiving Institute is to hold a sustainable farming workshop on May 14. The class, which will run from 9.30am until 3pm, is designed to give attendees the fundamental knowledge and skills needed to have the confidence to grow more of their own ...

Maintenance of a growth in home farming as the Covid-19 pandemic winds down is the goal for an agricultural business this year. Chris Faria, the owner of the AgraLiving Institute, a sustainable farming business, said Covid-19 restrictions propelled p...

Half of Bermuda’s arable land is going unused and contributing to problems with food scarcity on the island, an agricultural scientist said. Chris Faria, the founder of the AgraLiving Institute, added that Government investment into vertical farming ...