The Virgin Islands Farmers Cooperative was formed in 2005. It has a total membership of 73. Membership is divided in two categories, full membership with voting rights (reserved for those actively farming) and associate membership which is non-voting. Of the 70 members, 54 are male and 19 are female. Members range in age from 25 to 81.

Members either lease their farm from the Virgin Islands Department of Agriculture or own their farms. Farms range from ¼ one-quarter acre to two hundred (200) acres. Seven (7) of the farmers are full-time farmers, meaning that they do not work anywhere else but on their farm. The remaining, sixty-seven (67) are part-time farmers, meaning that they have a full-time job elsewhere. Three of the farmers work with value added products such as milk, juices, pepper sauce, and organic soaps.

The part-time farmers maintain their farms in the early morning, after working hours and on weekends. Some of these part-time farmers would like to farm full-time if their farms could produce as much income as their jobs and had benefits. Both full-time and part-time farmers have farms in either vegetable, fruit trees or livestock or a combination thereof. Crops include cucumbers, peppers, tomatoes, cassava, and breadfruit, fruit trees such as mango, mesple, soursop, sugar apple, eggfruit and bananas.  Livestock includes small animals such as rabbits and chickens or goats, sheep, pigs, and cows.

Farmer’s income derived from the farm falls within the $0 - $5000.00 range for seven (7) farmers, $5,000 - $10,000 range for three (3) farmers and over $30,000 for two (2) farmers.

As can be seen from the income data, farmers are in need of financial and other assistance to make their farms sustainable. Most farmers site need for proper fencing, security from dogs and humans, lack of pasture and water, as some of the main problems plaguing their farms.