Connecting Youth with Agriculture: Vacation Station Camp Visits CARDI St. Kitts Field Station

Youth education is key to building future food security! On August 6, 31 students from the Vacation Station St. Kitts and Nevis Premier Camp Planners visited the CARDI field station as part of their summer program centered on “Fun, Food and Fitness.”

The tour combined physical outdoor activity with practical agricultural learning, giving students a firsthand look at how local crops are grown and harvested.

Tour Highlights:

• Root Crop Demonstrations: Live instruction on growing sweet potatoes from tubers, along with planting and harvesting methods for cassava.
• Field Exploration: Guided walkthroughs of sweet and hot pepper plots.
• Orchard Experience: A lunch break in the fruit orchard paired with a lesson on tropical fruits such as soursop, guava, sugar apple, golden apple, carambola, and West Indian cherries.

In alignment with the camp’s focus on healthy lifestyle choices, CARDI also visited the camp on 21 August to donate fresh, locally grown sugar apples, guavas, and green bananas for the children to enjoy.