VIFA is proud to have been awarded a Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education (SARE) producer grant from the USDA!  Our project tested various non-GMO vegetable seed types for farm to school crop production in the USVI. See our results poster below.

Coming soon....  VIFA Farmer field day at New Breed Farm! Come get some tastes and knowledge February 23rd, 2023.

press release. (press use pictures below on this page)
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With partners Trees that Feed Foundation, University of the Virgin Islands, and Ridge to Reef Farm, VIFA is testing breadfruit varieties and growing methods for the USVI's future food supply.

Certified organic Muir Summer Crisp lettuce, grown at Ridge to Reef Farm for SARE research project

VIFA board members at the beginning of the SARE grant distributing seeds. Roy Rodgers -Vice President, Leroy Peets- Treasurer, Phillip Titre- Scribe, Nate Olive -President, Brian McCullough -Secretary

Lettuce harvested at Tropics Hydroponics for the Farm to School program by VIFA partnerships with Ridge to Reef Farm.

Red Dragon, highly nutritious red carrots grown experimentally and organically at Ridge to Reef Farm.

VIFA President Nate Olive and Vice President Roy Rodgers, combine cooking greens from their farms for the Farm to school program through VIFA partnerships.

Pumpkins for sale at the New Breed Farm and Marketplace, site of the VIFA SARE Field Day 2/23/23