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Sophia Frazer Binns
Shadow Minister of Land, Environment and Climate Change, the People s National Party’s (PNP) Senator Sophia Frazer Binns is urging the Government to rethink its plans to use existing sugar lands in Trelawny for housing.
“Food security must be central to any decision made about the use of prime agricultural lands,” remarked Frazer Binns in a statement on Wednesday.
“The lands which the government is planning to use for housing developments are some of Jamaica’s best for food production. These most fertile lands are essential to any strategy to ensure that Jamaica successfully navigates major crises such as the currently evolving COVID 19 pandemic,” Frazer Binns stated.
WESTERN BUREAU:
The saga surrounding the ownership of former sugar lands at Long Pond in Trelawny has once again reared its ugly head and indications are that a showdown is looming between Everglades Farms Limited, which has a lease for the property, and farmers, who are now occupying the lands under a separate government-sanctioned arrangement
Clive Bennett, one of the 150 farmers who have leased lands from All-Island Cane Farmers Association (AICFA), had the perimeter fence surrounding his leased property torn down by an agent, who is said to be representing the principal of Everglades Farms. The agent also posted a sign stating, ‘No Trespassing’.