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Thursday, October 14, 2004 - Communications Officer in the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Philip Sydney has made a call for a more vigorous, community oriented and nationalistic approach to the observance of World Food Day, than is currently being done.

Informing of the Ministry’s plans to observe World Food Day, Mr. Sydney said the highlight would be the effective speaking competition among secondary schools, which took place on Wednesday, 13th October and was won by Yannick Lubin of St. Mary’s College, as well as a national food exposition at the Derek Walcott Square on Friday, October 14 beginning at 10:00 a.m.

Mr. Sydney said the public are being encouraged to come and experience local foods in a whole new way: “They are going to experience the many uses of our locally produced products, for example, we will have a seafood booth, which will be preparing in many ways, the various uses of seafood; a dasheen booth, a breadfruit booth and of course the fruits that we use here, the vegetables, the many uses of those things.”

A Creole cookery book containing several local recipes will also be on sale.

Meanwhile, the River Doree Community is being commended by the Ministry, for continuing to host activities marking World Food Day, ever since the Ministry first mobilised the community to participate in the activities two years ago.

“Year before, we had what you call a River Festival in River Doree, and that was under a different theme, which was dealing with water, and that went down very well. We are so happy that the community of River Doree has taken that activity and are having it every year. They had it last year and they are having it again this year. In fact, they are having it on Saturday the 16th with an exhibition, and on the Sunday they are having the river Dorree Water fun festival,” Mr. Sydney informed.

World Food Day is the commemoration of global efforts to eradicate hunger through sustained agriculture.
 

 


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