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Nearly 50% of waste burned @ Pockwood Pond is compostable- Aragorn A. Dick-Read

Organic farmer and Virgin Islander Mr Aragorn A. Dick-Read said the VI can compost about 50% of the waste heading to Pockwood Pond. Photo: VINO/File
Regenerative organic farmer and Virgin Islander Mr Aragorn A. Dick-Read, who is engaged in sustainable agriculture, says a large percentage of waste at the Pockwood Pond Incinerator can be use for composting & agriculture. Photo: VINO/File
Regenerative organic farmer and Virgin Islander Mr Aragorn A. Dick-Read, who is engaged in sustainable agriculture, says a large percentage of waste at the Pockwood Pond Incinerator can be use for composting & agriculture. Photo: VINO/File
Mr Dick-Read who owns Good Moon Farm and is also a world-renowned artist and sculptor, was at the time a guest on the June 10, 2024, edition of Talking Point on ZBVI 780am. Photo: Facebook/File
Mr Dick-Read who owns Good Moon Farm and is also a world-renowned artist and sculptor, was at the time a guest on the June 10, 2024, edition of Talking Point on ZBVI 780am. Photo: Facebook/File
According to Mr Aragorn, the key to sustainable and regenerative agriculture is composting, which the VI can do, “I’m making compost, I’m making soil out of debris,” he added while sharing that trucks are usually loaded debris are heading to Pockwood Pond daily. Photo: VINO/File
According to Mr Aragorn, the key to sustainable and regenerative agriculture is composting, which the VI can do, “I’m making compost, I’m making soil out of debris,” he added while sharing that trucks are usually loaded debris are heading to Pockwood Pond daily. Photo: VINO/File
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI - Regenerative organic farmer and Virgin Islander Mr Aragorn A. Dick-Read, who is engaged in sustainable agriculture in the territory, says a large percentage of waste at the Pockwood Pond Incinerator can be used for composting and other agricultural purposes.

Mr Dick-Read, who owns Good Moon Farm and is also a world-renowned artist and sculptor, was at the time a guest on the June 10, 2024, edition of Talking Points on ZBVI 780AM.

According to Mr Aragorn, the key to sustainable and regenerative agriculture is composting, which the VI can do. “I’m making compost, I’m making soil out of debris,” he added while sharing that trucks are usually seen loaded with debris heading to Pockwood Pond on a daily basis.

“Nearly 50% of what we are burning up there in Pockwood Pond is compostable organic material… between 40-50 percent."

He added, “We’re smoking our neighbours down there with stuff that we can be feeding our soil with, so that’s the sort of crux to the crisis… we’ve gone to the point where we are burning the goodness.”

Regenerative agriculture uses old techniques but modern non-chemical, no fossil fuel-based additives. It is concerned with using compost, manure, and the lunar planting cycle which is used to regenerate old plantation areas such as hillsides, and terraces in the VI.

Food Security

Mr Dick-Read previously said that due to globalisation, since around the 60s, VI has been importing food in a misguided approach towards feeding the population and this approach, he added, is not the fault of a single individual; rather, a shift in the global landscape.

During Talking Points, he said when it comes to food security; however, it’s a dubious phrase that can also mean importing food.

He said the VI should look at food sovereignty, which is a powerful force concerned with providing for yourself and being in charge of your own food delivery.

He said the VI is now in a social economic environment; however, that is not conducive to food sovereignty over a dependence of fossil fuels and office lifestyle.

7 Responses to “Nearly 50% of waste burned @ Pockwood Pond is compostable- Aragorn A. Dick-Read”

  • jack (12/06/2024, 05:17) Like (3) Dislike (11) Reply
    You all better be careful he born here
    • @Jack (12/06/2024, 12:07) Like (6) Dislike (2) Reply
      Be careful of what? Guys are so racist and biased against ppl who are progressive and knowledgeable. If the man feels he has a remedy so what?
  • Native Senior Citizen of the British Virgin Islands (12/06/2024, 08:21) Like (9) Dislike (0) Reply
    That's interesting. Make good sense, if take in consideration by sensible political leaders and our population co-operation in the B.V.I
  • yogi (12/06/2024, 09:29) Like (1) Dislike (1) Reply
    And the other 90% is Bulls%$#t.
    Why do these politicians spout all this nonsense them?
  • Nature's Secrets (12/06/2024, 12:24) Like (3) Dislike (3) Reply
    I wonder how he calculated that figure; did he personally walk among the trash and tally up the compostable from the non-compostable? Exactly, the wonderful thing about statistics is you can dress them up as anything you like. As an aside, is that farm REALLY organic? Are no pesticides used at all, whatsoever? If it is organic the man deserves a medal for finding a way to fend off the legion of bugs that plague this island...
  • Jackie Chan (12/06/2024, 15:33) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    Same govment that was crying for climate change grants overseas lol keep burning them toxic chemicals and plastic buddy
  • Maria Louisa Varlack (13/06/2024, 07:53) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
    recycling waste material make more sense. everybody in the british virgin islands should take part into the program; participate; work together as a team, instead of criticizing and undermining and sabotaging everybody around you.


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