Radio caller blasts new farmers’ market
The farmer asked members of the show panel, Chairman of the Virgin Islands Party Hon Julian Fraser RA (R3) and Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1), if they had checked out the new market at its re-opening on March 13, 2015.
According to the caller, the signage at the market square says ‘fresh fruits, vegetables, and local products’ but alleged that the imported produce were put up front, which was discouraging for local farmers.
He said the local farmers were unhappy because the “foreign fruits...” were on the front of the market on display. The caller added that when local farmers had heard the Premier’s Office talking about the revival of the local market they thought it was for the local farmers to sell their produce. “…but it didn’t turn out that way,” the caller said.
Farmers concerns
Even prior to the re-launching of the market, several local farmers had expressed concerns that many vendors will have imported produce and passing it off as “local”. This they believe could cast a “bad name” on all the vendors.
“What you have happening is that imported food spoils very fast and I am tired of hearing customers telling me that the stuff they buy spoiling fast and guess what they saying? Them local food, they not saying the imported food they saying them locals and that is casting a bad spell on our stuff because it’s the imported things they purchasing and being disappointed,” a farmer had told this news site.
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27 Responses to “Radio caller blasts new farmers’ market”
We are ALL CARIBBEAN PEOPLE! WE are all BLACK PEOPLE! They don't differentiate us in the wider world. Stop the bull$#$& and unite! It's not as if we are bringing things from USA and China, it's Caribbean stuff and it's just as good as BVI. STOP IT!
@son of the soil. I will not agree with your comments, if the local people will think more positive and claim what is rightfully theirs then there will be limited space for the other island people as you all always refer to our Caribbean brothers and sisters. But you know what our local people refused to go and occupy their space at the market, so what are we seeing there, all those who import stuff are there occupying a space and we really cannot blame them, they come here and they try their utmost best to abide by our rules but out local people are already set in their bad ways and never like to adopt to change. I often heard the Tortola is the most lawless place in the world and sometimes the way our own people behaves we just got to accept that fact. Our local people should have been the first to cart their silly @$$e$ off the side walks and pavement and go into that market area to ply their trade. After all this is our country let us work to make it better by doing what is right
Most people shopping at the market know exactly where the stuff is from. We have no problem buying food from Dominica and St Vincent because we know it's far superior to the $h1t that comes in on the barges from MIAMI. All food grown organically anywhere in the Caribbean is good for our health.