Agrofest ’24
QUEEN’S PARK Feb 23 – 25th
Who We Are
The Barbados Agricultural Society is an agricultural organisation, which is over 150 years old. It was established in 1845 by an Act of Parliament in Barbados and seeks to represent the interests of the agricultural sector in all relevant forums.
Our Commitment
Why Agrofest
Eating local and by extension buying local is the clarion cry of the Barbados Agricultural Society. Agrofest is a large and annual platform on which to fulfill that mandate.
Get Involved
It is so easy! Attend the exhibition and become familiar with the many aspects of the agricultural industry which range from growing crops, to rearing animals, to the increasing use of artificial intelligence or AI on farms. If you are a new or experienced farmer and you want to become a member of the BAS email us at agrofest@caribsurf.com.
!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=’https://weatherwidget.io/js/widget.min.js’;fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,’script’,’weatherwidget-io-js’);
BAS News
Articles, Tips and More
Eat What We Grow
Agrofest Blog
Stories, Recipes and More
BAS Launches New Agrofest Theme
“LET'S EAT WHAT we grow” will not just be the theme for Agrofest 2023, but a clarion cry of its organiser, the Barbados Agricultural Society (BAS), Chief Executive Officer James Paul has declared. The need for the country to grow its own food is even more urgent in...
Errol Barrow a Great Cook
Cookbook: Privilege Cooking in the Caribbean by Errol W Barrow & Kendal A Lee You may know that the Right Excellent Errol Walton Barrow is Barbados’ Father of Independence, a World War II aviator, combat veteran, lawyer and of course a politician, but did you know...
Food for thought: A Roundtable Discussion on Food Security in CARICOM
The Barbados Agricultural Society (BAS) has been engaged in an annual exercise involving its commodity groups. Every year between the months of July and October the commodity groups convene and hold their Annual General Meetings (AGM). The event provides an...
Commodity Groups
Click on any group to learn more.
The Barbados Agricultural Society is the secretariat for nine commodity groups representing over 500 male and female farmers.
The nine Barbados commodity Associations are:
Pig Farmers
Egg & Poultry Producers
Fruit & Vegetable Growers
Floral Producers & Exporters
Dairy and Beef Producers
Sheep Farmers
Contact us
Email Address
agrofest@caribsurf.com
Call us
(246) 436-6683/84
Visit us
The Grotto, Beckles Rd.,
St. Michael BB14205. Barbados
