The Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) is encouraging Jamaicans to utilise their backyards for garden projects this Labour Day, which is being observed on Monday.
In keeping with the theme for Labour Day 2021, ‘Promoting a Clean and Healthy Environment’, emphasis is being placed on persons staying at home and tending to their personal spaces, including their gardens.
Director of Public Relations and Communications at RADA, Camille Beckford, said with the reality of COVID-19, backyard gardening can be used as an avenue for being productive and subsistent.
Meanwhile, RADA has partnered with the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport along with Food For the Poor in the distribution of hundreds of fruit trees.
The initiative is being executed through the RADA established network.
