The University of the Virgin Islands is celebrating World Food Day this Sunday on the St. Croix campus with food demonstrations, a farmer’s market, a chef competition, entertainment and free vegetable seedlings. Activities start at noon with a formal ceremony in UVI’s Great Hall.
Each year three agricultural products are highlighted and this year’s selections are leafy greens, coconut and chicken.
Young aspiring chefs will compete in the ninth Annual World Food Day 4-H Youth “Super Chef” Competition, which is open to all junior and senior high school students.
There will also be an open Coconut “Blast” Competition for the public. Wow the judges with your best desserts, preserves and drink recipes.
World Food Day will be observed worldwide during the month of October to bring attention to the plight of the hungry and undernourished in the territory and the world. This year’s World Food Day theme, selected by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, is “Climate is Changing, Food and Agriculture Must Too.”
For more information, contact Marthious Clavier at (340) 692-4090.
