Hola Blessing Rastafari Family:
InI give thanks and Ises for the road that H.I.M.s Haile Selassie I
and Empress Woizero Menen I paved for InI to Trod to Zion.
..."For the development of Our economy which is primarily
agricultural, it is our belief that there is no better method than
that of modernizing the present agricultural practices and thereby
improve the standard of living of Our people"... H.I.M. on
Agriculture
On Jan. 22, a gathering of Rastafari farmers met at the Rastafari
Undernet Center, in St. Anna Bay, town of Hon. Marcus Mosiah Garvey.
The gathering was to reason on the present situation of the economy
condition of Rastafari on a global scale. Ones and ones realized that
agriculture must be the main thrust to advance the economic situation
of the family.
The outcome of the reasoning is as follows:
1. A Rastafari farmers association must be organize in Jamaica and
request the membership of the family on a global scale. So, an interim
working committee was form to organize, in order to present a island
wide organic farming proposal to the Director of the Organic Framing
Program in Jamaica, Dr. Joseph Lindsay, appointed by the JA Ministry
of Agriculture.
2. A name was selected for the organization which is Rastafari
Organic Farmers Association (ROFA).
3. The working committee will meet once a month to coordinate InI
effort in developing strategies to implement organic farming under the
certification of the JA Ministry of Agriculture.
4. An island wide gathering is schedule for Feb. 12, with Rastafari
farmers to plan, organize and coordinate ROFA working plan for the
next five years.
5. A meeting is schedule to meet Dr. J. Lindsay on Feb. 15, at the
Rastafari Undernet Center to present ROFA InI proposal on organic
farming.
7. ROFA will be registered as an subsidiary of the Ethiopian World
Federation (EWF) Chapter 17.
I will keep the family informed of development of ROFA as soon as
information is at hand. I hope this information bring joy to the
hearts of the family and give the necessary support to push InI
organic programs on an international level. The proposal that will be
presented is the same proposal that came out of the Panama Rastafari
Summit.
"Agriculture is a sacred task." H.I.M on Agriculture.
Raspectfully,
Ras Sela - Psalm 137