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Christmas Culture

It’s the most wonderful time of the year. It’s a time to be with family and friends. Christmas commerce has reached around the globe to people of all religions. There are unique traditions everywhere it is celebrated, including St. Martin. Of course, not every tradition is strictly local. A big meal with family is a …

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Christmas Culture

It’s the most wonderful time of the year. It’s a time to be with family and friends. Christmas commerce has reached around the globe to people of all religions. There are unique traditions everywhere it is celebrated, including St. Martin. Of course, not every tradition is strictly local. A big meal with family is a …

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A Year at The Old House

It’s almost impossible to believe that we’ve been working on Amuseum Naturalis at The Old House for less than a year. But it’s true! Check out the transformation in this video:

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A Year at The Old House

It’s almost impossible to believe that we’ve been working on Amuseum Naturalis at The Old House for less than a year. But it’s true! Check out the transformation in this video:

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Heritage on Hooves

A half-century of very rapid growth and modernization has changed many things on St. Martin. Farmlands have been developed and the economy has tilted toward tourism. But goats remain. Goats make sense on St. Martin. They are one of the best animals for places that are dry, or seasonally dry. They require less space than …

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Heritage on Hooves

A half-century of very rapid growth and modernization has changed many things on St. Martin. Farmlands have been developed and the economy has tilted toward tourism. But goats remain. Goats make sense on St. Martin. They are one of the best animals for places that are dry, or seasonally dry. They require less space than …

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The Other Seaweed

In recent years, huge masses of floating sargassum seaweed have invaded Caribbean waters and beaches like a plague. Shorelines have been covered in rotting seaweed and marine life has suffocated beneath it. Islands have been searching for ways to keep beaches clean. Scientists have been researching how and why it is happening. The sudden arrival …

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From the Soil

People have farmed in the Caribbean for thousands of years. Some crops and methods used by Amerindian people in prehistoric times are still part of this tradition. Over the last 500 years, plants and techniques from Africa, Asia and Europe have also become part of Caribbean farming traditions. Local farming is adapted to the hot …

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From the Soil

People have farmed in the Caribbean for thousands of years. Some crops and methods used by Amerindian people in prehistoric times are still part of this tradition. Over the last 500 years, plants and techniques from Africa, Asia and Europe have also become part of Caribbean farming traditions. Local farming is adapted to the hot …

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