{"id":12518,"date":"2010-07-09T12:29:55","date_gmt":"2010-07-09T18:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/?p=12518"},"modified":"2010-07-09T12:29:55","modified_gmt":"2010-07-09T18:29:55","slug":"community-development-minister-advocates-more-reliance-on-local-goods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/business\/community-development-minister-advocates-more-reliance-on-local-goods\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Development Minister advocates more reliance on local goods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/DNOnews3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-12519\" title=\"DNOnews\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/DNOnews3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/DNOnews3.jpg 200w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/DNOnews3-125x113.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Minister for Social Services, Community Development and Gender Affairs Gloria Shillingford is advocating for a reduction in imported goods, especially for those that can be produced here.<\/p>\n<p>At an inauguration ceremony for the Pure Blossom Hive Cooperative Society at the Public Service Training Center yesterday, the minister said through a speech ( read by Cooperative Commissioner Mariet Canoville due to her absence) that she believes that the country\u2019s dependence on imported goods can be lessened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToo often I see shopping carts at supermarkets (with) imported canned and bottled products that can be manufactured right here in Dominica using local produce,\u201d the minister said in her speech.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis independence on imported goods can be lessened. But it\u00a0 calls for initiative on the part of citizens\u00a0 who would first of all, be able to identify opportunities, possibilities and form organisations aimed at\u00a0 embracing these opportunities and making them work&#8230;\u201d Shillingford said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Minister for Social Services, Community Development and Gender Affairs Gloria Shillingford is advocating for a reduction in imported goods, especially for those that can be produced here. 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