Our watermelon production journey began on October 7, 2024, with land clearing, followed by plowing on October 15. Planting seeds commenced on November 8, 2024, and after months of care, we celebrated the start of our harvest on January 17, 2025.
During Agriculture Month in October 2024, Santa Fe Farm provided its recreational and meeting facility to the Ministry of Agriculture for seminars aimed at supporting farmers in Region 9. The venue hosted sessions twice a week throughout the month, welcoming farmers from various indigenous villages in the region. On each occasion, the management of Santa […]
Following the Inaugural CARICOM Agri-Investment Forum and Expo which was held in Guyana in May 2022, and a visit to Santa Fe Farm by The President of Guyana, His Excellency Dr. Irfan Ali and other Caricom Heads of State, Santa Fe Farm made a decision to become involved in the push to reduce the food […]
On Saturday, May 21, 2022, President Ali and a delegation of CARICOM Heads and other Caribbean Government Officials visited the Santa Fe farm where they had a Caribbean-Roraima Investors Luncheon with a number of Brazilian investors. Accompanying President Ali were the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Honourable Keith Rowley, Prime Minister of Antigua and […]
On Thursday, September 12 2019, Santa Fe Farm handed over to the Guyana Police Force, mounted patrol unit, a horse, who has since been named KK. KK is the off spring of one of the Arabian Stallions at the farm. At the simple ceremony held at the Lethem Police Station, it was noted that the […]
A team of researchers from the Universities of Heriot Watt Edinburgh, Newcastle and Durham in the UK spent some time at the Santa Fe Farm during a recent working visit to the Rupununi. The visit by the team of researchers was intended to initiate the first foundation steps on a sustained route out of degraded livelihoods by providing the infrastructure, […]
The farm hosted a reception on Saturday April 21 during the visit of Mr. Ron Harford, Chairman of Santa Fe Farm and used the occasion to celebrate the birthdays of Richard Vasconcellos, Director of Santa Fe Farm, Stan Brock, founder of Remote Area Medical and Richard Harford, founder of Mario’s Pizza. Invitees which included the […]
A visit by students of Bina Hill Institute of Annai, North Rupununi. The students treated the Santa Fe Farm Team to a Cultural Show of singing and dancing.
Santa Fe Farm encourages and support Educational Farm Tours for students, especially from schools in Rupununi. These tours allow students to experience first-hand the value of farming and shows them the many career opportunities that farming affords.
