Santo Domingo - The U.S. Embassy Agricultural Affairs Office is organizing a delegation of Dominican businesses to attend the 12th Food and Beverage Fair of the Americas, to be held in Miami Beach Convention Center, Florida, November 9 and 10.
“For its focus on our region and the various exhibitors ready to export, from the United States as well as from other countries, the Fair is one of the most interesting events of this type for Dominican importers,” the U.S. Embassy said in an emailed statement.
It said the event is a great opportunity for Dominican industrialists to contact United States suppliers of foods and beverages and take advantage of the benefits the DR-CAFTA trade deal provides for the country. “Importers who attend this fair will have the opportunity to see samples, touch and taste a fine selection of nutritional products and drinks which will help them remain in the Dominican market’s forefront, offering consumers the products suited to their high demand and standards of quality.”
The Agricultural Affairs Office notes stresses that during the Fair participants will also have the opportunity to attend various seminars and conferences, and with the information obtained can apprise their customers of the latest innovations and availability of new products to help boost sales. “Last year this fair had almost 300 exhibitors, of which almost 200 were from the United States. Almost 6,000 buyers from 87 countries attended, with sales of US$109 million generated from this fair,” it said, adding that the Agricultural Affairs Office can provide all details on the event, including discounts and offers.
Written by: abc200, 23 Oct 2009 1:02 PM
From: United Kingdom, Dominican Republic
DR should keep good food here - not export. And produce enough for local population - not support shysters who export while there are poorly nourished children at the local schools.
In Peru trucks pass poorly nourished children on their way to the airport carrying asparagus that take all the best land. All because lazy Americans won't give water to asparagus farms.
When the UK had this problem of crooks trying to export essential food they limited foreign currency to 100 dollars per person per year - the crooks could not attend fancy foreign junkets and had to turn their attention to providing good food for the local population.
So just tell the US to 'get lost'.
Cheers!
S.
From: United States
josean,vacanos,
the invitation is to a food and beverage fair not to a racism , bigotry,anti Leonel and anti Haitian fair
Written by: josean, 23 Oct 2009 4:54 PM
From: United States
A great opportunity to bring those Wholesome a Nutritious products like Twinkies, Pringles, Reese Cups and all the other junk foods to increase our diabetic population and promote obesity!
Eh Pa’Lante Que Vamos!
Written by: danny00, 23 Oct 2009 5:05 PM
From: United States, syosset, key west, santo domingo AND NOW THE GLOBE TROTTER
HEY! ABC200.... U SAY.........lazy Americans, U better take a really good look at the folks in the dr..... if you really want to find "LAZY PEOPLE.....
lots of bull-------it on this site.....
iam dominican and i LOVE THE UNITED STATES......
why dont u go off line and get your self some kind of work or a real job.
Written by: danny00, 23 Oct 2009 5:07 PM
From: United States, syosset, key west, santo domingo AND NOW THE GLOBE TROTTER
the lazy americans gave me more chances in this LIFE then my own PEOPLE EVER DID.
dominicans only care for them selfs...... dont help each other..... when it comes to dollars they are very greedy......
Written by: danny00, 23 Oct 2009 5:13 PM
From: United States, syosset, key west, santo domingo AND NOW THE GLOBE TROTTER
their are other products then Twinkies, Pringles, Reese Cups and u know this......
sh-t go to moca city and see the phoney meds they sell over their and most other cities also.
trust twinkies before i would ever TRUST any dominican company or products the dominicans BRING in from latin or central america......
tell me whats...Wholesome and Nutritious . in the dr? the tap water, the bottle water,
oh! pica pollo......, the dr is loaded with nutritious products...lol
give me a BREAK....
Written by: abc200, 23 Oct 2009 5:37 PM
From: United Kingdom, Dominican Republic
danny00
US needs more Hatians to pick asparagus.
I guess US people don't like the job!
Workers who had been harvesting asparagus spears recently moved on to the cherry crop, leaving some asparagus growers to plow up their remaining harvest.
"If we don't solve the labor issue soon, asparagus won't be anything but a very rare specialty in Washington," said Mike Miller, owner of Airport Ranch in Sunnyside, Yakima County.
Jim Middleton, chairman of the state's asparagus commission, is pulling out 45 of his 180 asparagus acres north of Pasco.
"It's strictly due to the lack of labor and it's gotten worse every year," he said. "This year I had some fields I could only cut until the middle of May. You can't stay in business without labor."
Alan Schreiber, administrator for the Washington Asparagus Commission, said growers, on average, ended harvest 10 days earlier than usual.
"That means we lost about 9 percent — 7.5 million pounds," he said, about $11 million worth of aspar
Written by: abc200, 23 Oct 2009 5:45 PM
From: United Kingdom, Dominican Republic
Written by: josean, 23 Oct 2009 6:04 PM
From: United States
Will there be a workshop on Dengue at the Fair?
Dengue death rate too high
The Dominican Republic's death rate from dengue is 15% higher than the accepted average. International organizations quote 1% as the typical death rate for victims of the mosquito-borne disease, but in the Dominican Republic the fatality rate is currently at 16%, with 27 deaths out of 3,700 suspected cases. Yesterday, the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) representative for the DR, Cristina Noguiera, said that she was worried about the situation and attributed the high number of fatalities to poor handling of the cases. She also pointed to the lack of potable water and deficiencies in hygiene and garbage collections in the country. Noguiera said that a lack of basic hygiene in the Dominican Republic allows mosquitoes to breed, and she called on mayors to help in the fight to eliminate breeding areas.
Continued:
Written by: josean, 23 Oct 2009 6:05 PM
From: United States
She added that "if there is adequate handling of cases, only 1% of the patients might die, and the nearly 16% that we have in the Dominican Republic is really pitiful". Public Health Minister Bautista Rojas Gomez reminded reporters of the long-standing campaigns that emphasize the use of covers and chlorine in water storage vessels. He also mentioned the poor handling of some cases, such as a child who was brought to Santo Domingo from La Romana by car, with a blocked saline drip. The boy died as he reached the Children's Hospital, and the case is under investigation.
Source DR1
Written by: josean, 23 Oct 2009 6:07 PM
From: United States
Oh and is there any way we can import 180,000 people to ride the useless METRO, not Haitians of course!
Written by: BASTA, 25 Oct 2009 1:07 AM
From: Dominican Republic, =Ghetto/Legalize Drugs
Dominican cooking sucks - go anywhere else for good tasty cooking!
Written by: abc200, 25 Oct 2009 8:42 AM
From: United Kingdom, Dominican Republic
Written by: mrweepa1, 25 Oct 2009 1:21 PM
From: United States, Huntington Station NY. Juan Dolio DR.
Maybe some DR. Company can show us some tropical tv Dinner for our lazy so call Americans. How about a frozen Aroz con polo y plantano
Written by: abc200, 25 Oct 2009 7:14 PM
From: United Kingdom, Dominican Republic
Written by: abc200, 29 Oct 2009 9:58 PM
From: United Kingdom, Dominican Republic
All so much nonsense - the purpose of trade is to create win-win situations that will persist.
There's no point in having shirt factories where the workers make a couple of dollars a day and the DR is having to import expensive processed food from other countries.
There are essential or near essential imports - drugs for example - but much else can be produced at home using spare capacity in the labour force. Trade shows can often just open new channels for exploitation of the DR labor force and help to throw local suppliers out of business by dumping or near dumping; only, of course, to be followed by raising prices later. As in China and Vietnam it is important that the government controls access to these shows and trade deals are reviewed as being in the national interest. For example there is not much point in importing huge TV sets when there is shortage of electricity. Or shiny American apples when local fruit can be promoted. So let us have more sensible comments. S.
Written by: abc200, 29 Oct 2009 10:02 PM
From: United Kingdom, Dominican Republic
Countries like the UK are setting up huge enterprises to substitute for imports; create jobs and produce a win-win situation.
Even very skeptical economists are seeing the advantages of using the labor force for capital formation though the promotion of renewable energy.
http://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/enepol/v36y2008i8p3035-3042.htmlS.
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In Peru trucks pass poorly nourished children on their way to the airport carrying asparagus that take all the best land. All because lazy Americans won't give water to asparagus farms.
When the UK had this problem of crooks trying to export essential food they limited foreign currency to 100 dollars per person per year - the crooks could not attend fancy foreign junkets and had to turn their attention to providing good food for the local population.
So just tell the US to 'get lost'.
Cheers!
S.
the invitation is to a food and beverage fair not to a racism , bigotry,anti Leonel and anti Haitian fair
Eh Pa’Lante Que Vamos!
lots of bull-------it on this site.....
iam dominican and i LOVE THE UNITED STATES......
why dont u go off line and get your self some kind of work or a real job.
dominicans only care for them selfs...... dont help each other..... when it comes to dollars they are very greedy......
sh-t go to moca city and see the phoney meds they sell over their and most other cities also.
trust twinkies before i would ever TRUST any dominican company or products the dominicans BRING in from latin or central america......
tell me whats...Wholesome and Nutritious . in the dr? the tap water, the bottle water,
oh! pica pollo......, the dr is loaded with nutritious products...lol
give me a BREAK....
US needs more Hatians to pick asparagus.
I guess US people don't like the job!
Workers who had been harvesting asparagus spears recently moved on to the cherry crop, leaving some asparagus growers to plow up their remaining harvest.
"If we don't solve the labor issue soon, asparagus won't be anything but a very rare specialty in Washington," said Mike Miller, owner of Airport Ranch in Sunnyside, Yakima County.
Jim Middleton, chairman of the state's asparagus commission, is pulling out 45 of his 180 asparagus acres north of Pasco.
"It's strictly due to the lack of labor and it's gotten worse every year," he said. "This year I had some fields I could only cut until the middle of May. You can't stay in business without labor."
Alan Schreiber, administrator for the Washington Asparagus Commission, said growers, on average, ended harvest 10 days earlier than usual.
"That means we lost about 9 percent — 7.5 million pounds," he said, about $11 million worth of aspar
S.
Parts of California are like a dust bowl because the corrupt US government won't provide water..
Dominican land should grow food for Dominican people not grow for export to the US where the people are too lazy to pick the crops.....
S.
Dengue death rate too high
The Dominican Republic's death rate from dengue is 15% higher than the accepted average. International organizations quote 1% as the typical death rate for victims of the mosquito-borne disease, but in the Dominican Republic the fatality rate is currently at 16%, with 27 deaths out of 3,700 suspected cases. Yesterday, the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) representative for the DR, Cristina Noguiera, said that she was worried about the situation and attributed the high number of fatalities to poor handling of the cases. She also pointed to the lack of potable water and deficiencies in hygiene and garbage collections in the country. Noguiera said that a lack of basic hygiene in the Dominican Republic allows mosquitoes to breed, and she called on mayors to help in the fight to eliminate breeding areas.
Continued:
Source DR1
Gerry Thomas died of cancer!
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/3630.html
Obese USA!
http://www.yourhealthconnection.com/topic/obesity
S.
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Spice up your life!
S.
There's no point in having shirt factories where the workers make a couple of dollars a day and the DR is having to import expensive processed food from other countries.
There are essential or near essential imports - drugs for example - but much else can be produced at home using spare capacity in the labour force. Trade shows can often just open new channels for exploitation of the DR labor force and help to throw local suppliers out of business by dumping or near dumping; only, of course, to be followed by raising prices later. As in China and Vietnam it is important that the government controls access to these shows and trade deals are reviewed as being in the national interest. For example there is not much point in importing huge TV sets when there is shortage of electricity. Or shiny American apples when local fruit can be promoted. So let us have more sensible comments. S.
Even very skeptical economists are seeing the advantages of using the labor force for capital formation though the promotion of renewable energy.
http://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/enepol/v36y2008i8p3035-3042.html
S.