Highlights of the beginning of the year 2022

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a "DUF Challenge" to all Dangriga community members (to be extended to the villages starting next year).

DUF Calendar of events for 2022

*Kindly note that we will post up any change to the calendar on our Facebook page.

DUF Market Day Banner

Home visits in January 2022

Training by Mr. Blades (from the Ministry of Agriculture) - January 22, 2022

How to take care of nursery and seedlings

Lesson learned - different seed trays are used to germinate different vegetables. Germination usually takes between 4 to 10 days.

Smaller cells can be used for crops like leaf lettuce and Chinese cabbage (these usually stay less than a month in trays).
Medium cells can be used for tomatoes, broccoli, and cauliflower (these can stay up to 30 days in the tray)
large cells can be used for sweet and hot peppers and Cabbage (these can stay up to 35 days in the tray)
Pro-mix is a good soil medium to use for germination

Tips

a good visual check to ensure each cell on your tray has a seed is to put the seed on top before inserting it into the soil medium.
wet the potting mix before adding the seeds. Water again...not much...after seeds have been added.
if you are recycling your soil, treat it with hot water to remove pathogens.
You will need to feed your seedlings after 30 days. Application of water and fertilizer is best in the afternoon.
Transplanting is also best in the afternoon.
You are encouraged to find out the requirements of the plants you want to grow. Kindly do a Google search to learn more about things like the nutrient requirements, soil type, pH, etc.

Market Day - January 29, 2022

Preparation to launch the Junior DUF and the flea market component of the market.

Meeting with children who are interested to join DUF

DUF Challenge - making a savory dish using local products

Cassava grits and stew "home-grown" chicken with coconut water direct from the tree

Cassava farine (grated, dried, and parched cassava)
Chicken (home raised)
Coconut water (drink)

February 12, 2022

Market Day - February 26, 2022

Junior members of the Dangriga Urban Farmers

We are proud of our J-DUF👏

Courtesy of Carlos Lopez owner of Lopez Pottery

We are encouraging more young persons to join. They will be learning and gaining skills in a safe and friendly environment.

DUF Task Force

You are welcome to join us as a member (full or associate), as a vendor at the market days or as supporter of the activities.

Market Day - March 26, 2022

Junior DUF in action

Visit to the Business Expo in Spanish Lookout

We continue to thank all vendors and supporters of this community empowerment venture.

Preparation for Market Day - April 30, 2022

Come on out...

Eva's production

Also do take part in the

DUF Challenge - "Best Garden" competition

The main reason here is to encourage everyone to grow their own food as much as possible. This can be done while having fun, learning , and building a strong social capital. Prizes will be given for the best gardens.

More information will be shared shortly.

Visit us on the market day to receive your flyer and to get tips from the DUF members.

Experienced/expert farmers are excluded. We are cordially requesting that expert farmers act as mentors to the participants.

Dangriga Urban Farmers Events for November 2021 and December 2021 & a little update from May 2021.

Hello again everyone.
We are trusting that you are taking great care of yourselves and your families.

We want to update you on our events since May 2021

We are now officially incorporated as a non-profit organization. God is great!

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We celebrated our first market day anniversary in July 2021. We started this venture in July 2020. We were slowed down by the sudden rise in COVID-19 infections in the country. Now that we have learned a bit more about it, and how to be careful, we are back providing the service we promised to the community. We are grateful to both Mr. Malcohm Zabaneh and Mayor Mariano for their ongoing support.

We visited Central Farm in July 2021 to learn more about farming and to meet experts in the various fields of agriculture. The trip was very informative. We learned many ways how to preserve food items to increase their shelf life by physical manipulation (without adding chemicals as preservatives).

We visited again to assist a local farmer/entrepreneur in processing his plantain into powder. We keep trying to find ways to help limit the wastage of food materials and fruits

We will be holding our market day for November on the 20th instead of end of the month. We want to help in guiding back people into eating sustainably, that is, using items they produce in their local environment.

On November 19th we also want to showcase local and cultural food, drinks, arts, crafts, and many more.

We also want to bring a traditional twist to Christmas...again with the aim to guide people back into eating local and making use of readily available materials in their environment.

The market day in December will be held on the 18th.