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SOCIAL PROGRAMME: AGRICULTURE Here we GROW Again!
Students of the Guayaguayare Roman Catholic Primary School during the Here We Grow seedling distribution.
Principal and senior teacher of the Clarke Roachard Government Primary School
Heritage hosted the annual "Here We Grow," seedling distribution throughout the company’s operating communities in partnership with community-based agri-supplier WhyFarms Limited.
"Here We Grow" is geared towards promoting the concept of growing what you eat and eating what you grow. In this third installation of the seedling distribution, Heritage distributed 20,000 seedlings in the communities of Guayaguayare, Penal, Palo Seco, Santa Flora, Point Fortin, Guapo and Chatham. Ten thousand of these seedlings were presented to schools to work alongside the 4H Clubs and school agri-science curriculum to inculcate the benefits of agriculture and food security. Additionally, the company distributed a further 10,000 seedlings to the public in the communities of Palo Seco and Point Fortin.
Councillor for Palo Seco, Dana O’neil Gervais expressed great pleasure with the initiative, stating, “I commend Heritage for continuing to assist it’s fenceline communities and their residents towards being more self-sufficient as we need to move towards growing our own food in light of the current economic
Heritage Communications Advisor Kerrie Christopher distributes seedlings to residents from the company’s operating communities.
challenges.” The councillor also commended Heritage for physically coming into the community of Palo Seco to distribute the seedlings.
Heritage is committed to contributing towards sustainability through initiatives that enable food security in our national community.
