THE AGRICULTURE ministry is fast-tracking efforts to get exporters and farmers up to speed with the stringent Food Safety Modernisation Act (FSMA) standards for fresh and processed foods imported into the United States. This is in preparation for a visit by inspectors from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the first quarter of the year.

PRESERVING THE family tradition of farming is just what 42-year-old Clive Segree is doing in the hills of Fruitful Vale, Portland, as he struggles to support his two children and a common-law-wife.