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this just makes me want to cry…not only does it make me miss home but to see the waste. Like the comment from Positively Dominican on ways we can utilize what our land produces, with proper managment and marketing, to help our island to prosper. the Bible says “a mans gift will make the way for him” i think it applies in this case as well. God has “abundantly” blessed our island and we should be diligent in managing our resources. All of them.
We need an industry to produce canned mango juices, bottled mango juices, mango chutney, packaged dried mangoes (as snack) packaged mango slices, etc, as healthy options instead of KFC chicken and chips which is extremely high in salt and loaded in saturated fat which leads to complications such as, cardiac disease, high blood pressure and stroke.
We should eat what we grow!
When i was growing up in D.A. my Neighbor use to buy the mangoes, and the oranges,from the local farmers, and take a boat to Barbados in the 60″s and sell the fruits to the people of Barbados, for a profit , and she did well.
why can”t we do that now what happen? we have the ferry , going thru-out the island. dont we?
did any of u tried going through customs in pr with fruits from da they take them the so called bugs we have on some friuts they dont want them to be in the us.
as my grandmother would say….. cat have bone on the savannah playing ball and dog well want the bone…… what i would do with a mango long now…….
@interesting
Tell me where does Antigua get water to sell in bulk.Are they buying from us or someone else and reselling?
We need to find markets for our products.Do you guys know that grocers in America buy produce all the way down in south America. Grapes, pineapple,mangoes etc.Right now one organic mango in AK is $3.99.What are our leaders doing? Just begging and not working?Can’t they find markets for our produce?we have so much wasting.
don´t worry it´s not going to waste.it will go back to mother earth. worms and other organisms will get food and it will be turned into fertilizer for other plants. that´s the beauty of nature everything is a perfect cycle. it´s only when man intervenes that the trouble starts.
beautiful pic btw
The Dominican department of agriculture, and farmers can ship mangoes to the local caribean island, and to the states, if they want to.
No one in DA should go hungry we have food in ABUNDANCE! Praise the almighty for blessing us
I would like to know where this tree is. Are there still mangoes on the tree? I will pay for them.
That one on the top there go to go…all it need is a little wash and it ready…but where they are there ner, I feel no shame to pick them up…tell me fast! LOL
Boy i washing that i making d sign off the cross and is alay de yo eh.
It cost $2.79 US currency for this type of mango. I refuse to buy it at this price when I know how much it is in abundance in Dominica. Haiti exports mangoes to the United States and I think Dominica should do the same.
Do you see how close Haiti is? By the time it gets to the US what will be the cost. A 20 Foot container is 5000USD shipping. The point of the matter is we will not be able to compete with Haiti and the Dominica Republic as they have cheap labour and freight is cheaper. It is easy to say export this and export that; but do the research and know the limitations we face.
@letmetellyou…Did you know that we ship dry coconuts, banana and lime to the UK. Check the distance between Dominica and the UK vs Dominica and USA. And also the UK get these same products from the African continent as well. Competition is good for any economy and EH LAS why shouldn’t Dominica attempt to compete. Is it because we’re afraid of our own shuddy way of appreciating our products and our inability to take advise and learn how to present our products better? I wonder. Dominica has an abundance of water yet you find that it’s Antigua who exports it in bulk…they don’t have rivers and mountains of the resource like we do. This is 2011 soon 2012. Limited minds creates limited opportunities.