$27.8 Million Sorrel Processing Plant Opens in Bethel Town

Acting Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Derrick Kellier (right) cuts the ribbon to signify the official opening of the Bethel Town Sorrel Processing Plant in Westmoreland on Thursday (August 28). Others (from left) are: Member of Parliament for Eastern Westmoreland, Luther Buchanan; and Managing Director of the Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Scarlette Gillings.
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Farmers from Bethel Town and neighbouring communities in Westmoreland are to benefit from the establishment of a $27. 8 million sorrel processing factory.The facility, which was officially opened on August 28, by Acting Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Derrick Kellier, was set up through the Jamaica Social Investment Fund’s (JSIF) Rural Economic Development Initiative (REDI), in partnership with the Bethel Town Sorrel Value Chain Improvement project.