The Minister of Agriculture in Chile, Esteban Valenzuela, visited the Lo Valledor Wholesale Market to celebrate Chilean Cuisine Day and highlight the importance of supporting local production. He stressed the need to consume more fresh local produce to address issues of obesity and to support small producers. The minister also mentioned the government's 'Siembra Por Chile' program to combat food price increases and discussed the impact of drought and the arrival of products from the north. Valenzuela also called on the National Economic Prosecutor's Office to investigate rising prices in certain areas, including oil, and noted the effects of the global shortage of marigold oil due to the conflict in Ukraine and Russia.