Last Updated on July 10, 2024, 12:54 PM AST by Anthony Morris
St. Kitts and Nevis: The Nevis Department of Agriculture is all set to host the much-anticipated annual Fruit Festival. The event is scheduled for August 2, 2024 and the registrations for the festival has been opened.
The announcement of the Fruit Festival was made by the organizers of the event through their official Facebook account. The registration fees for the food vendors will be $175 and for the other vendors will be $75.
The scheduled event will be held at the Charlestown Waterfront from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. and it will feature competitions such as Cake Competition, Ice Cream Competition, Fruit Competition, and more.
“The 2024 staging of our Fruit Festival is on the way, and registration is now open for competitions and vendors,” mentioned the Ministry of Agriculture of Nevis inviting the people to register themselves for the competitions.
Premier Mark Brantley also took his Facebook to extend an invitation for the local farmers and street vendors for the registration of the festival. He stated that the event will bring new opportunities for the local producers and enhance the capacity of the naturally grown fruits.
The competitions featured in this festival will be held under different categories. In the Cake Competition, the participants will have to present the product that represent the culture of Nevis and then they have to create Light Fruit. The last category will be Cheesecake.
In the Ice Cream Competition, the competitors will have to make Soursop that will be Ice-Cream flavoured, featuring the presence of the locally produced fruits.
The attendees will also be entertained by DJ X-Ray and Kasonova Band while the event is being sponsored by Finished Touch Ltd.
Th festival provides an opportunity to both buyers and sellers to benefit from festivals like this. The sellers get profit by getting a large crowd to sell their products and buyers benefit from the discounted rates.
The Department of Agriculture of Nevis also stated that this festival is celebrated to promote the culture of purchasing local produce rather than depending on the imported goods. This also benefits the local producers to get their products out to a bigger audience.
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