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One of the key messages from Fiji’s Ministry of Health is to eat more fresh fruits and vegetables to help prevent NCDs. Why? The ancestral diet of the iTaukei and most native civilisations including Indians and Chinese was based on plants, root crops, nuts and tree fruits.

January 19, 2014

Warm Salads Castaway Island, Fiji

One of the key messages from Fiji’s Ministry of Health is to eat more fresh fruits and vegetables to help prevent NCDs. Why? The ancestral diet […]
November 18, 2013

FRIEND marks diabetes day

FRIEND’s month long Blue Ribbon Awareness campaign against Diabetes has been concluded with various fun filled activities through which communities were sent strong messages in taking […]
June 15, 2013

Fiji and Me

When I think of the food I loved growing up, I think of Fiji. My experience there had me ‘food–wired’ and it was where my whole […]
April 21, 2013

EU grants FRIEND FIJI $2.8 million to help farmers

The European Union has awarded a grant of FJD$6.4 million (EUR$2.8 million) to the nongovernment organisation FRIEND Fiji to help revive the agriculture industry.