This is nothing NEW for the Bahamas, my family did this from WWII until I left in the 60's, we always had vegetables fruit etc in our back yard

When policies fail and officials are clueless on how to proceed, that's when the government tells the people to grow their own food.

I agree... but I also like this long overdue initiative.

I agree with you and have been planting my own greens on and off for years. But realistically it's a hobby and makes for a few meals at best. Most people don't have the room, skill and time to actually plant enough to feed themselves for the long term.

**Has even the church gone bunkers?** ... The Church **Commercial** Farming Group (TCCFG) yesterday launched a program... But first must hire a full-time staff of 50 and then begin preparations to disperse $197,925 to start up to 500 backyard farms. ... **Gone are days of camaraderie sisters and brothers volunteers.** .... Average weekly earnings per week per staff member $553.84 X 50 = weekly payroll $27.692 X 52 = $1.5 million. ... .Initial funding $197,925 ... Presents some difficulty comprehending the church's funding arithmetic considering the church's **commercial BAMSI 11** backyad farming venture hasn't bought single pack planting seeds, ― Yes?

@Tal, no worries comrade, only NGO's administered by the white people attract external scrutiny and are subjected to government auditing and political pillory.
Business as usual!

@ComradeTheMess, highly unlikely colony's churches prepared widen collection plates undergo audit by Revenue Colony. ... **You think,**― Yes?

The body moving now. Bringing practical missions.

I have been a part of many community initiatives such as this for more than 40 years. In the end no more than a hand full of people at a time was interested. Is it that the government gets the people to do whatever they want when they want, or is it that the people want only the government to tell them what to do? It is not a matter of doing backyard farming it is a matter of organizing what is grown in the backyard so that there is an even distribution or an effective battering exchange taking place between backyard farmers rather than putrid and waste. For example if everyone grew mostly tomatoes, okra and bananas. What do you do when there is a flux or more than needed; and what do you do when there is a shortage or not enough of other food crops? It is not a matter of a sustainable program but one that sustains the population in times they represents. This will not come close to what is being portrayed. Other than stepping up to the mic to enthrall the crowds with amusing and faulty talk; what have they ever done that have ever mounted to anything more than a hill of beans?

Thanks to this initiative, the illegal Haitian marauders wandering about all over New Providence and many of our other islands will never have to go hungry again thanks to the generosity of backyard farming Bahamians. There are few things that attract uninvited guests on your property more than a thriving and bountiful backyard farm. I had to cut down the banana and papaya trees in my backyard many years ago because they were constantly being raided by my neighbor's gardener among other uninvited guests.

A classic example of cutting off your nose to spite your face.
By cutting down your fruit trees you deprived your uninvited guests of some fruits but you also made sure that you had none yourself.
Reminds me of a mean neighbor of mine who cut off the branch of his mango tree which hung over my garden because it had more fruit on it than the rest of the tree.
The following few seasons the tree bore no fruit at all. Lmao 🤣

The trespassers did a good job for many years at making sure my family and I never got any fruit from our fruit trees. They actually cut off they own noses because they never left anything on the trees for me to lose. I only had everything to gain by chopping them down. LOL