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A penny to buy mango vert, mango teen...Mango Festival is on this Sunday!

For Release Upon Receipt - July 5, 2013

St. Augustine


ST. AUGUSTINE, Trinidad & Tobago – The Network of Rural Women Producers (NRWP) in collaboration with the Faculty of Food and Agriculture of The University of the West Indies (UWI) St. Augustine, the Ministry of Food Production and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) hosts the fourth annual Mango Festival this Sunday, July 7 at The UWI Field Station, Mt. Hope.

Sweet, juicy, versatile and delicious mangoes of every size and variety will be the focus and the Festival will feature mango products, grafting demonstrations, exhibitions, children’s activities, games, mango eating competitions and other entertainment. A highlight of this year’s Festival is the mango market, where a variety of the locally grown fruit can be purchased, including the sinfully sweet Julie, considered the Queen of mangoes, as well as other varieties with whimsical names such as Rose, Hog, Calabash, Douxdoux, La Brea Gyul, Turpentine, and Graham – a seedling of the Julie mango.

The Mango Festival promotes economic opportunities through the sustainable use of the mango and aims to educate participants on the many benefits of the much loved fruit.

Admission is $10.00 for children twelve and under and $20 for adults. The festival runs 9:00am to 6:00pm.

All are invited.  

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