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FORMER JAMAICAN ATHLETE INSPIRING YOUNG FARMERS TO USE HYDROPONICS FARMING TECHNOLOGY IN JAMAICA

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37 YEARS OLD, RICARDO CHAMBERS IS A YOUNG FARMER HAS BEEN FARMING ON HYDROPONICS AT SWABY HOPE IN MANCHESTER JAMAICA FOR CLOSE TO SIX YEARS. CHAMBERS WHO IS A GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, IS NOW A TREND SETTER FOR YOUNG FARMERS IN JAMAICA, AND HE WANTS TO USE TECHNOLOGY TO REVOLUTIONISE FARMING IN JAMAICA TO HELP JAMAICA TO LOWER ITS IMPORT BILLS BY FARMING MORE OF THE PRODUCE THAT IMPORTS. THE FORMER JAMAICAN TRACK AND FEILD ATHLETE WHO GIVEN NAME IS RICARDO CHAMBERS, HAS REPRESENTED JAMAICA ON THE TRACKS IN BOTH THE OLYMPICS AND WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE 400m, PUT UP HIS RUNNING SHOE AND STEP AWAY FROM THE TRACKS IN 2016 TO START WHAT HE CALLS A NEW REVOLUTION IN FARMING IN JAMAICA, THE 37 YEAR OLD IS FARMING ON A VERTICAL HYDROPONICS FARM SET UP IN MANCHESTER, INSPIRED BY PARENTS AND EVERONE AROUND HIM IN HIS BIRTH PARISH TRELAWNY WHICH IS THE YAM FARMING CAPITAL OF JAMAICA, CHAMBERS EXPLAINED THAT HE WANTS TO HELP YOUNG JAMAICANS TO SEE FARMING IN A NEW LIGHT, ALSO SAID WITH TECHNOLOGY FARMING IS NO LONGER A DIRTY WORK AND THIS IS WHAT HE WANTS TO TEACH THE YOUTHS AND INSPIRE THEM IN BECOMING APART OF THIS NEW REVOLUTION. RICARDO IS CURRENTLY HAS LETTUCES, STRAWBERRIES, PARSLEY, BITTER LEMON, CHINESE CABBAGES & ROSE MERRY. CHAMBERS HYDROPONICS FARM PROVIDES SERVICES SUCH AS HYDROPONICS FARMING CONSULTANCE SERVICES, PROJECT WRITING, INDIVIDUAL FARM TOUR, SCHOOL TOUR & STUDENTS WORK EXPERIENCE. HE ALSO EXCHANGE A HELPING HAND ON THE FARM FOR KNOWLEDGE OF HOW HYDROPONICS WORKS. TO CONTACT RICARDO, YOU MAY DO SO AT THE FOLLOWING: #8763052131 YOU MAY ALSO EMAIL HIM AT: chambershydrofarms@gmail.com *Disclaimer This is not a paid advertisement, this is my personal Vlog. *Subscribe To her YouTube channel /channel/UCdkYpV5SBMi6a6QRdewMO2w *Contact Information send her a message on Facebook https://m.facebook.com/pages/category/Non-Governmental-Organization--NGO-/Jamaica-Network-of-Rural-Women-Producers-679665848828674/photos/ Her IG https://www.instagram.com/farmerchic_2020/ 🌸Business Inquiries🌸Sponsorship🌸 ms.shanzenzen@gmail.com If you wish to help with my travels, you can make a contribution here.⬇ https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=65DGJD9ZW7D3C PURCHASE MY MERCH *Merch Store* https://teespring.com/shan-zenzen-jamaican-vibez?pid=212&cid=5839 *Subscribe To My Channel /c/ShanZenZenJamaicanVibez *Watch My Latest I make authentic handicraft items out of Tin| JAMAICAN TIN MAN /watch/4aFFKBPakWoaF Jamaican Man Cleaning The Streets In Jamaica Gets Unexpected Surprise | His Reaction Was Priceless /watch/4p1_r8ZZLtSZ_ Vibrant 80 YEAR Old Farmer Man in Manchester Jamaica | Best Farm/Yard tour /watch/QHCewtQ_13o_e Brilliant Jamaican Man Use Animal Waste To Make A Living|Making Organic Fertilizer From Animal Waste /watch/sTScOnKgY4zgc TOUR NEWARK ESTATE A RESIDENTIAL GATED COMMUNITY AT SPUR TREE HILL IN MANCHESTER JAMAICA /watch/QgTTWfEsdjvsT EXPLORE/TOUR HUGE RICE MILL AT ELIM IN ST.ELIZABETH JAMAICA | OLD RICE MILL ELIM | ST.ELIZABETH | JAMAICA /watch/okkrZ9JY_g_Yr COUNTRY WOMEN CATCHING FISH AT BRAES RIVER ST. ELIZABETH JAMAICA | MAKING THE LINE | DIGGING UP THE BAITS /watch/sMEVbndGBevGV COUNTRY WOMAN PREPARING RIVER FISH CAUGHT AT BRAES RIVE ST.ELIZABETH JAMAICA /watch/wr08LETF7ixF8 VISITING A NURSERY IN BOGUE ST.ELIZABETH | NORTHERN ST.ELIZABETH A HIDDEN GEM /watch/Q6dwruoReQiRw TOUR CALEDONIA ROAD IN MANDEVILLE JAMAICA | KFC DRIVE THRU | ISLANDGRILL | THE MANDEVILLE JAMAICA EXPERIENCE /watch/AYp_7yHItBzI_ *Disclaimer This is not a paid advertisement this is my personal Vlog *Social Media https://www.instagram.com/shan_zenzen/ *Business Inquiries Email: ms.shanzenzen@gmail.com #shanzenzenjamaicanvibez #farmingonhydroponics #hydroponicsfarminginJamaica #farminginJamaica #hydroponicsfarming #youngmalefarmerinJamaica

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