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CARRIACOU - 'Carinut'

The Rastafarian Community have been significantly affected by Hurricane Ivan's passage over the island, as much damage has been done to the agricultural project, " Carinuts".

(Photographs to be added shortly, wet cloudy weather has hampered out photo documentation)

Touring the 30-plus acre site of an organic enterprise that supplies fresh fruit and vegetables to the wider community, we were struck by the shredded plants and rotting husks of watermelon, laying forlornly among thriving weeds.

Ras Engine, head of the cooperative effort, indicated his disappointment at the sight of such ruin desecrating beautiful arable land. He said this is virgin soil, rich and needs no fertiliser, no manure, yet the storm has decimated the crops and we can not supply the organic food our nation needs now, more than ever.

Pointing to the fruit and the weeds, he spoke of the harvest usually available in September, and how even after their quota to the marketing board was filled there was more than enough for the community. He lamented that "... a man unable to feed himself, cannot be independent..." and spoke of his subsistence efforts to feed his own youth and a few passers-by.

He was concerned that government was going to help him plow the large plot, as their tractor had broken down and the parts, which needed machining, were now in Grenada. Due to the power cuts, this job could not be completed and the fields have subsequently lain fallow, since before the storm. The damage wrought by Hurricane Ivan will delay the plowing even further, he indicated.

Ras Engine spoke at length of the potential for supplementing the Schools Feeding Programme, and indicated that students could come and learn the agro processes as an outreach from his community.

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Click on the 'School twinning' dropdown below to visit the schools on Carriacou that could benefit from the School Feeding Programme..

Carriacou schools Meet the principles Bishops College Bougles Pre School Dover Government Harvey Vale Primary Harvey Vale Government Hillsborough Government Hillsborough Secondary L'Esterre Primary L'Esterre Secondary Mt Pleasant Government Windward Primary

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