Hon Audley Shaw (2nd right), Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, poses with a bag of bananas received from Jeffrey Hall (right), Chief Executive Officer, Jamaica Producers Group, along with (from left) Tara Goulbourne, Commercial Manager JP Tropical Foods Ltd; State Minister in the Ministry of Education, Youth & Information Hon Floyd Green, and Minister of Health Dr. the Hon Christopher Tufton, at the Launch of the St. Mary’s Heritage Project in Annotto Bay on December 14, 2018. Under the project, one million pounds of green banana will be sold annually to all public schools at $5 per pound to be included in the meals provided for the children.
Agriculture minister calls for increased use of bananas in school meals
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon Audley Shaw, is calling on school administrators to embrace the opportunity to increase their use of bananas in the preparation of meals for students, which will provide more nutritious food for our children as well as reduce the country’s high import bill. Stating that “80% of what our children eat is imported “, Min Shaw commended the Jamaica Producers Group (JP) for its initiative and enterprise in making one million pounds of green bananas available annually to public schools islandwide at a reduced price of $5 per pound...
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