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GUARDIAN MEDIA LIMITED AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES ANNUAL REPORT 2021 17The pandemic changed our lives in many ways, including how we get our food.%u00a0Grow It Today is a movement launched by the Trinidad and Tobago Guardian in collaboration with the National Seed Bank to promote the importance of growing your own food.%u00a0On 30th October and 6th November 2021, readers received a free packet of seeds when they purchased a copy of the Guardian newspaper.%u00a0The National Seed Bank falls under the Agricultural Services Division of the Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries. One of its major activities is the production of high-quality seed material like corn, pigeon peas, bodi, sorrel, pumpkin, ochro and melongene. Deputy Director of the National Seed Bank Ian Mohammed said the main thrust of the National Seed Bank was to improve this country%u2019s food security.%u00a0%u00a0Pigeon peas and corn seeds were obtained for mass distribution across Trinidad and Tobago in the hope that citizens would utilise the seeds to start or add to their kitchen gardens.%u00a0Guardian Media Employees volunteered their time to package over 7,000 packets of seeds for Phase 1 of the movement which included Warrenville, St Helena, Cunupia, Enterprise, Chaguanas, Felicity, Longdenville, Tabaquite, Chase Village, Freeport, Couva, Claxton Bay, Marabella, Gasparillo, Mayo, San Fernando, Princes Town, Tableland, Rio Claro, Mayaro, Moruga, Barrackpore, Erin, La Romain, Fyzabad, Point Fortin and Tobago.%u00a0 7,000 packets were packaged for Phase 2 of the distribution process which included Carenage, Diego Martin, Petit Valley, Port of Spain, Morvant, Laventille, Barataria, San Juan, St. Joseph, Curepe, St Augustine, Tacarigua, Arouca, Arima, and Sangre Grande.%u00a0It is hoped that this mass distribution exercise had a wide impact in the country by strengthening the country%u2019s food security in the short term by influencing and increasing public awareness of the need to grow locally and in the long term by assisting in the reduction of our food import bill.CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY