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Bonaire
DELEGATION
visits numerous
farms in Aruba
THE mushroom farm, coriander nursery and dragon to different hotels and restaurants in Aruba. The has about 5 thousand grapevines on his plantation.
fruit plantation were visited last week by the Bonaire delegation was welcomed by Mr. Theo who gave Mr. Luis Melatti showed them the self designed
Directorate of Agriculture, animal husbandry and them a tour around the farm so they could get a better bottles being made to sell his wine in and told them
fisheries (DLVV). The delegation consisted of Deputy view of how the mushroom production takes place. about his less than pleasant experience when he first
Gerald Silberie, Pieter Barend Dutch representative started. When he first started his plants suffered from
on Bonaire and Sherwin Pourier DLVV of Bonaire. In the right temperature and with a computerized all kinds of plant diseases and many birds were eating
Led by Nathalie Maduro, Director of Santa Rosa, they system all details of the mushroom growth his plants thus preventing them from harvesting.
spent Thursday visiting the abattoir, the wine grape are controlled. The delegation also received a
plantation and the mushroom farm. “Both islands demonstration of how the mushrooms are packed The Bonaire delegation was quite impressed with this
have the same vision,” Maduro said. “We want to and later distributed. The delegation received an plantation, because they couldn’t believe that wine
set up projects to motivate teenagers to work in the extensive explanation of the entire mushroom grapes are being planted on Aruba and wine is being
primary sector. That is very important for the islands production process from Deli Caribbean. produced locally. After this busy day the delegation
food supply.” went to lunch at ‘Nos Clubhuis’ a restaurant situated
The last place visited by the delegation was the wine on the second floor of the Hadicurari Centro di Pesca
They visited Deli Caribbean, a local mushroom grape farms. This farm belongs to Mr. Luiz Melatti Foundation.
company that produces and distributes mushrooms from Brazil who has been living here since 2010. He All in all it was a very pleasant visit.
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