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Mia wants to plant Peas in Tobago...powen?
sgtdjones
2022-08-20 22:51:25
Mia wants to plant Peas in Tobago...powen?
ALTHOUGH Heads of Caricom states gathered on Friday at the second Agri Investment Forum and Expo, at the National Academy of Performing Arts, Port of Spain, to focus on the very serious issue of food security, the event still had several moments of levity.One came in the form of an exchange between Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley and TT’s Prime Minister as she called on people to begin planting peas in Tobago.
“Not even a bassman in our head should stop us from planting peas in Tobago,” she said to loud applause, in obvious reference to Shadow’s classic calypso Bassman.
She urged people to begin planting short-term crops and raising fast-growing livestock, and to begin eating what is grown in the region, not only because of the financial implications, but because of health as well.
She also called for a regional calorie counter for local and regional dishes.“How much calories are going to be in the roti you going to serve me later Keith?” Mottley asked.
“How much calories are there in breadfruit? How much calories are there in the ingredients in the corn soup?”
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sgtdjones
2022-08-20 22:58:13
Drapsey
2022-08-21 12:04:08
In reply to sgtdjones
She also called for a regional calorie counter for local and regional dishes.“How much calories are going to be in the roti you going to serve me later Keith?” Mottley asked.
“How much calories are there in breadfruit? How much calories are there in the ingredients in the corn soup?”
Good on the future (and first) Emperor (of the Caribbean) for advocating reduced calories consumption. From experience, she knows the effects of such over 'subscription'.
Gwaan, MIA!
Larr Pullo
2022-08-21 12:33:23
MIA is on point. CARICOM has to take a regional approach to food security. Still too many "foreign" fruits in the grocery. Moreso in Barbados vs say a Grenada.
sudden
2022-08-21 13:09:49
In reply to Larr Pullo
She full of Shoite
Barry
2022-08-21 13:22:36
In reply to Drapsey
So Indian Trinidadians must now eat breadfruit and not Roti? Shades of wicked burnham… how much calories in Jerk Chicken and Fries? 
Barry
2022-08-21 13:28:06
By the way sada roti is 95 calories, vegetable soup is 105 …. 
Barry
2022-08-21 13:34:55
Africa is doing well growing wheat in the highlands… 
Halliwell
2022-08-21 14:00:26
In reply to Barry
Mia will do well to stick to the economics of food security, and stay away from the nutrition and health narrative. We, of Indian and African stock have nuff genetic metabolic disease predispositions to deal WITH
Larr Pullo
2022-08-21 14:09:46
Drapsey
2022-08-21 14:50:50
In reply to Barry
Whatever you say, Barry.
... As long as things don't turn out like in the Yardi song, Dickie Soloman:
Plant corn, ih (it) bear peas,
Dickie Soloman
Plant peas, ih (it) bear corn,
Dickie Soloman
...
sudden
2022-08-21 14:53:33
In reply to Larr Pullo
This has been a discussion before she was a young minister since 1994. She and her govt has made zero follow thru. Now she has lost 20lbs of blubber she has found religion
I would bet that pie is pronounced the same way in Guyana 
JOJO
2022-08-21 14:59:49
In reply to sudden
But Dr Rowley, in his address, responded to Mottley’s call to plant peas citing his personal woes in planting the crop.
“You go and plant peas in Tobago and see what happens to you,” he said.
“I planted peas in Tobago. Cocrico ate all. And if I touched a cocrico is straight to jail I going, because it is a protected species.
People may think that Rowley was saying that in jest but I am sure he was dead serious. He quite skillfully highlighted the distinction between the simplistic and populist “eat what you grow—grow your own food” and the real practical difficulties of doing so. Small scale farming is inefficient and costly. Even the large scale farms in many countries survive on all kinds of government concessions and subsidies.
Curtis
2022-08-21 15:07:51
In reply to sudden
Why you want to go down in history as a Mia hater?
sgtdjones
2022-08-21 15:12:03
In reply to Curtis
It happens when your rass sodden has been kicked 60/0 in elections.
Curtis
2022-08-21 15:23:48
