{"id":350741,"date":"2025-10-21T08:51:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T12:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=350741"},"modified":"2025-10-21T08:51:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T12:51:25","slug":"culture-minister-encourages-public-to-eat-more-local-foods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/culture-minister-encourages-public-to-eat-more-local-foods\/","title":{"rendered":"Culture Minister encourages public to eat more local foods"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_350742\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-350742\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-350742\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Market-Day-with-a-Difference-in-Portsmouth-Gretta-Roberts-addressing-ceremony-642x399.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"398\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-350742\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Market Day with a Difference in Portsmouth- Gretta Roberts addressing ceremony<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Minister for Culture Gretta Roberts has encouraged the Dominican public to consume more local foods.<\/p>\n<p>Her call came while addressing Market Day with a Difference in Portsmouth, held recently.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMarket Day with a Difference affords us with the opportunity to celebrate and value our local products and further strengthen an appreciation for all [that] is uniquely ours as Dominicans,\u201d she said. \u201cIt reminds us of our continued efforts as a people to support local and to eat what we grow and grow what we eat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She believes that by fostering a culture of &#8221; eating what we grow, and growing what we eat, we can all work together to fight against the non-communicable diseases plaguing our nation and improve the health outcomes of our people and our communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Roberts told farmers and vendors that they play an integral role in ensuring that there is always a consistent, reliable supply of safe, nutritious food across Dominica, \u201cand for this we applaud you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is our hope that Market Day with a Difference, which always seems to find its place in our calendar every year, will serve to motivate our existing farmers to keep cultivating a wide variety of crops\u2026,\u201d she urged. 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