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Festive dinner plates may be short on carrots this holiday season owing to crop damage brought on by Hurricane Fiona. The storm brushed past the island as a Category 4 hurricane in September when carrots were growing. Carlos Amaral, the president o...

Proposals are being sought for the development of an acre of agricultural land in Hamilton Parish. The Bermuda Economic Development Corporation put out a Request for Interest for a co-operative or collaborative located on Government-owned Walsingham...

Claims that no commercial farmers sit on the Board of Agriculture have been dismissed by the Government. The Bermuda Farmers Association made the allegation this week, claiming that the Board failed to represent the industry. A BFA spokesman said on ...

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...