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Home » US Law » 2019 US Virgin Islands Code » Title 7 - Agriculture » Chapter 1 - Development of Sustainable Agriculture » Subchapter IV - Promotion and Protection of the Agricultural Industry

§ 16. Promotion of the agricultural industry

(a) The Department of Agriculture in an effort to promote sustainable agriculture shall collaborate with the Department of Education and the Board of Education to incorporate agricultural science courses in the curriculum at all grade levels, including kindergarten, by: (1) providing agriculture programs, through the school system; (2) providing significant opportunities of vocational education in […]

§ 17. Homesteading/housing on public farmland

(a) The Commissioner shall allow the lease holder of government property leased to farmers to construct a wooden structure or to put a trailer upon the leased premises. The Commissioner may not allow any masonry or similar type structure to be constructed on Government-leased farmland. All structures must be totally removed when a lease is […]