{"id":13620,"date":"2023-11-06T17:22:58","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T17:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=13620"},"modified":"2023-11-06T17:22:59","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T17:22:59","slug":"guyana-police-force-hosts-successful-inaugural-farmers-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/guyana-police-force-hosts-successful-inaugural-farmers-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Guyana Police Force Hosts Successful Inaugural Farmer&#8217;s Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>The Guyana Police Force&#8217;s first-ever Farmer&#8217;s Market, held at the Police Sports Club ground, drew an enthusiastic crowd of consumers eager to access fresh, organic, and affordable produce over the weekend. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This initiative received widespread praise from both consumers and vendors, highlighting the potential for similar opportunities to flourish and boost the local economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Consumers expressed gratitude for the initiative, acknowledging that it provided them with access to a diverse range of local products at reduced prices. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dexter Clarke, a visitor to the market, lauded the event and local vendors and farmers celebrated the success of the Farmer&#8217;s Market, underscoring its potential to strengthen the local economy and support sustainable agriculture practices. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deodat Lilouttie, a farmer, shared his positive experience, exclaiming, &#8220;I brought 20 bags of cassava, ten bags of lemons. I didn&#8217;t expect the market to be so big and so nice. In a space of an hour, I sold all these things out. It&#8217;s very, very good. I&#8217;m happy that this thing happened. If we can have this market every fortnight, every other week, it would be great.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Claire Richards, another vendor, expressed encouragement over the event&#8217;s success. She also mentioned the variety of products they plan to offer in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Manilall Ramraj, Director General of the Ministry of Agriculture, acknowledged one minor drawback &#8211; price fluctuation from a few vendors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He assured that this issue will be addressed in future markets, emphasizing the importance of maintaining consistent pricing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A total of one hundred and fifty-one vendors and farmers participated in the Farmer&#8217;s Market, viewing it as a platform to boost revenue and raise awareness about the significance of supporting local agriculture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, the event helped bridge the gap between producers and consumers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>[Reported by Nakasia Logan, NCN Guyana]<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Guyana Police Force&#8217;s first-ever Farmer&#8217;s Market, held at the Police Sports Club ground, drew an enthusiastic crowd of consumers eager to access fresh, organic, and affordable produce over the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13621,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13620"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13623,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13620\/revisions\/13623"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}