CHANT - Crucian Heritage And Nature Tourism

19/08/2025

ST. CROIX Farmers and Producers!

📣 ST. CROIX Farmers and Producers! 📣

Sejah Farm of the Virgin Islands and partners are presenting a 🔸 FREE “Financial Literacy & Irrigation Funding Workshop”🔸 with Greensky Gives this Thursday 8/21 from 5-7pm at UVI CES Room 133, with light food included!

See details in the flyer and hope to see you there!

➡️ Please RSVP to [email protected] with “Greensky RSVP” in subject line

19/08/2025

Honoring all whose vision, commitment and advocacy over the past 20+ years, have brought this to reality. With special gratitude to our founder, the late Onaje Jackson.

Learn more about the Maroon Sanctuary Territorial Park project and discover the impact of Trust for Public Land’s park and conservation work.

18/08/2025

Conservation Corps Report – August 14, 2025
Location: Farm Education for All
Another productive day in the field!

✔️ Well floor cast – using gut sand and concrete mix to strengthen the base.
✔️ Generator repair – keeping power flowing for ongoing work.
✔️ Irrigation installation – ensuring water reaches where it’s needed to support growth.

Step by step, the team continues building skills while laying foundations for lasting community impact.

18/08/2025

Conservation Corps Report – August 15, 2025 (Afternoon Update)

At 38 Hospital Street, part of CHANT’s Free Gut Project, the team carried out critical prep work ahead of Hurricane Erin.

✔️ Clean-up and yard clearing
✔️ Cutting materials to size
✔️ Securing windows and doors with plywood

Protecting this historic property is part of our ongoing effort to preserve Free Gut’s heritage while keeping the community safe and resilient.

18/08/2025

PSA

18/08/2025

DIVISION OF LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES AND MUSEUMS PRESENTS “LUNCHTIME WITH THE ARTIST” AT FORT FREDERIK MUSEUM

DIVISION OF LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES AND MUSEUMS PRESENTS “LUNCHTIME WITH THE ARTIST” AT FORT FREDERIK MUSEUM
https://dpnr.vi.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Lunchtime-with-Artist-1-pr.jn_.pdf
This engaging series features artists whose work is part of DLAM’s annual Emancipation art exhibition, “Tides of Freedom: Histories of Resistance from the USVI to the USA.”

17/08/2025

15/08/2025

Conservation Corps Report – August 13, 2025 (Afternoon Update)

The Farm Freight Project is making strides at Eulalie Rivera Elementary School! Today, the Farm Freight Hydroponics Mobile Lab—a modular, high-tech vertical farming unit—was successfully placed on its foundation columns.

This cutting-edge, mobile hydroponic system is designed for rapid deployment and precision agriculture, making it ideal for research, education, and food production in diverse environments. Soon, it will be growing fresh produce right here on St. Croix.

This project is a collaboration between:

VIEPSCOR

FARM EDUCATION

Virgin Islands Department of Education

15/08/2025

The Black Heritage Tree Project team on Saturday will make its penultimate stop in Galveston to host a community listening session from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Nia

14/08/2025

Conservation Corps Progress Report – August 13, 2025

We’re nearly there—work on the project is now 75% complete! Our efforts continue at the St. Croix Educational Complex High School as well as the St. Croix Career & Technical Education Center (CTEC), which shares the same campus. Check out today’s progress highlighting freshly painted plant table frames in vibrant blue and expertly cleaned structures in the background.

Today's Highlights:

Significant progress on framing and painting plant tables, now approximately three-quarters finished.

Continued work across the campus—St. Croix Educational Complex HS and CTEC—to prepare facilities for the upcoming school year.

A huge thank-you to our partners and sponsors who have helped make today’s progress possible:

VIEPSCOR

FARM EDUCATION

Virgin Islands Department of Education