'BUY BAHAMIAN' PRODUCES STRONG WHOLESALE RESPONSE

Mon, Dec 12th 2011, 10:00 PM

By NATARIO McKENZIE

Tribune Business Reporter

nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net

AN "increasing number" of Bahamian wholesalers and retailers are purchasing local produce, according to Bahamas Agricultural and Industrial Corporation (BAIC) executives, who recently launched the 'Buy Fresh, Buy Bahamian' campaign in a bid to promote homegrown produce.

Amanda Wells, agricultural marketing officer at BAIC, told Tribune Business: "I think the buyers are very keen. I think it takes education and just continual encouragement to get people to buy Bahamian, but it's going well. It's been increasing. Buyers are patronising and they have been showing enthusiasm. They are buying l ...

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