Topic: Agriculture Minister Jay Ebanks

The 57th Annual Cayman Islands Agriculture Show took place on Ash Wednesday, formally launching a new national food security awareness campaign and drawing thousands of residents to what remains the largest single public event of the year.

Cayman’s push for greater food security has advanced with the launch of its first commercial chicken hatchery, producing both broilers – chickens raised for meat – and egg-laying hens.

The story of the farmers, fishers, agri-producers, restaurants and hotels building Cayman's food security.

After two years in the making, Cayman's first government-backed safety and quality certification programme for local egg farmers is now operational, a welcomed move for Bodden Town farmer Harvey Stephenson who hopes this will see local eggs flying off the shelves.

The goats, cows and chickens are in place; the plants for sale are neatly lined up; and food stalls are all ready to start supplying some good home cooking. It's time for the Agriculture Show.

Plantains and ackees are among new items that can now be imported directly from Jamaica to the Cayman Islands.

Cayman's popular Agriculture Show has been cancelled for a second year as farmers still reel from losses suffered during the passage of Tropical Storm Grace last August and continued COVID-19 crowd restrictions.