Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Any Fish at Fisheries?

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3 comments:

lbm said...

Alexandra ...

For fish - you should visit the Fisheries Complex at Point Seraphine/Sans Souci [by the bridge] - this is where I buy local fish and other sea foods.

As for the agricultural products; it seems that most of it goes to the hotels first, then the supermarkets. I sometimes wonder.

Unfortunately, I too am rather perturbed by the amount of imported fruits and vegetables on our supermarket shelves - most of which can easily be grown and processed right here in St Lucia.

Imagine importing pineapples, tomatoes, carrots, onions, kale, celery, and a host of other fruits, vegetables and seasonings - when St Lucia should be producing for sale these foods FOR LOCAL CONSUMPTION.

I try my best to stay true to St Lucian farmers, by buying only local produce from the supermarkets. Failing what is unavailable to me at the supermarket - I buy from the Castries market.

I refuse to purchase a pineapple imported from Hawaii, or shrimp from the USA.

October 19, 2010 at 11:36 AM
Anonymous said...

@lbm...how right you are!! even imported spinach is at our new local supermarket!!...it's a crying shame, indeed.

October 20, 2010 at 1:24 PM
Anonymous said...

Come on now; let's talk real!
Big global companies and marketers control everything!! They set up all their sale contracts directly with every country's local sales-outlets, especially the large ones. That's precisely why it's always hard to buy locally grown foods. This happens in every country, not only St Lucia. These marketing monopolies dominate every aspect of our lives.
To counter this problem, St Lucia has to set up co-ops all over the island in which ONLY locally grown products will be bought and sold; and all the local farmers and consumers would become members of these co-ops. All members of each co-op would also be able to share in any profits made by their respective co-op.

October 20, 2010 at 1:36 PM

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