General Notices

The Faculty of Food and Agriculture present World Food Day Exhibition Week 2015 under the theme Protection and agriculture: Breaking the Cycle of Rural Poverty.

There will be a host of activities from October 13 to 16 including an Exhibition, Cook-Out, Town Hall and more.

Note the FFA’s Candlelight Vigil on October 16 at 5.30pm outside UWI Administration Building.

See the full schedule below.

For more info please contact FFA Dean’s Office, Sally Ann Henry via email sallyann.henry@sta.uwi.edu or call 662-2002 ext.82318, 83322.

For a printable version of this information, please click here.  

 Tuesday 13th October 2015

10am: Launch of the Faculty of Food and Agriculture World Food Day Exhibition: FFA Foyer

Booth displays by Stakeholders & Student Societies of the FFA

12pm

UWI Student Association for Nutrition and Dietetics – Demonstration of “Eating Healthy on the Go”: FFA Greens                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

2-4pm

Displays: FFA Greens                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Agricultural Development Bank: Careers in Agriculture

Food and Agricultural Organization, IICA  

UWI Agribusiness Society: Fruit Sale and more

UWI Agricultural Society: Live Animal Zoo

UWI Geography Society: Edible map of Campus

UWI Student Association for Nutrition and Dietetics

Wednesday 14th October 2015

10am- 4pm

Displays: FFA Greens                                                                                                                                                                                                   

UWI Agribusiness Society: Aquaponics display

UWI Agricultural Society: Live Animal Zoo

UWI Geography Society: Know you country

UWI Student Association for Nutrition and Dietetics: BMI testing

Thursday 15th October 2015

12 - 4pm

Cook out among Student Societies: FFA Greens                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

5.30- 7pm

Food Park planting: Halls of Residence Campus

Friday 16th October 2015

Planting of Tree: FFA Grounds

1-3.30pm

Town Hall meeting: Tentative JFK Quad

5.30 - 7pm

Candle Light Vigil: Old Admin Building