Canals offer hope for Supenaam but farmers battling `dry leaf’, low prices

Cheryl Sandy doing some chores at the Supenaam Creek last week.

Experiencing a decline in logging, residents of the Supenaam Creek are returning to farming with new lands being opened as the government digs canals in the area.

“Agriculture is a new venture”, said Secretary of the Combined Farmers Venture, Cheryl Sandy. She said that logging activities in the area – a major economic activity that provided many jobs, is declining and with canals being dug resulting in more lands being accessible,