Bajan Art Company pictures a healthy Barbados

TAKING CREATIVITY TO a new level, a Barbadian art gallery is mixing delicious local foods with its expansive line of inspirational artwork.

It's the gallery's contribution to building awareness about the importance of eating healthy, and less expensive, local foods, a move being supported by the Barbados food industry.

Local art gallery, Manipura is celebrating the diversity of local foods this year by staging twice monthly Manipura Mixers - fun-filled, educational events showcasing healthy and tasty foods while patrons take in the inspiring Caribbean art on display.     

 Manipura's Annalee Davis wants these events to stimulate market demand for locally-made foods as well as the creativity displayed in regional art. "I believe if we knew the options that were available locally and encouraged nationals to support our own producers, our dependence on imported products would decrease and the local economy would benefit," she said.  

The visual artist and Bim Ventures entrepreneur reported that given the increased cases of wheat intolerance and food allergies, Barbadians are learning that there are cassava-based products which are both tasty and wheat-free.

 "Our first three Mixers with I Am Pure foods (producers of wheat-free, cassava-based baked goods), SinnfullySweetCreations (creators of healthy dark chocolate), and Went Caribbean Inc. (producers of WentWorx healthy aromatic spice blends for "New Caribbean Cuisine") were well patronised and have demonstrated a popular demand for healthy options," said Davis.

Davis, an artist for more than two decades, believes smart partnerships with the culinary arts sector will promote healthier diets and lifestyles while reducing the incidence of chronic illnesses such as diabetes and hypertension.

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