Market Day at DAB continues to attract customers

Members of the Diabetes Association of Barbados (DAB) and employees of surrounding businesses came out to purchase fresh produce from farmer Andrew Walcott on Market Day on Thursday.

The farmer operates from the DAB compound every second and last Thursday of the month, supplying a wide variety of produce which includes watermelons, okras, spinach, beets, cucumbers, tomatoes, lettuce, cassava, plantains, herbs and Chinese cabbage.

He told The Barbados Advocate that although there is little rain, he was still able to provide Barbadians with their favourite vegetables. Walcott who has been in farming for the last three decades said that he has been selling his goods at the association’s Market Day for four years.

Although most of his customers are DAB members, some individuals from the local charity, the Lions Club of Barbados arrived early in the morning for their monthly quota of stock, which will be dispersed to needy groups in their community.

Walcott, who arrived around 10 am to sell his vegetables, usually finishes by 2 pm or until all the produce is gone.

Volunteers on the inside of the DAB were busy parcelling fresh fruit for their members, who had made requests for produce, earlier in the morning.