Page 8 - Agric Info Mag 2018 - 01

There is a saying that the best realizing sustainable livelihoods
things sometimes are not for the people of Greiggs.
planned. On Monday December
18th, 2017, I had the opportu- The tour has tremendous poten-
nity to participate in a site tour tial, so I would provide a chronol-
evaluation with the Greiggs ogy of the tour.
Tourism Group and stakeholders The tour commenced at Maroon
from the Ministries of Tourism Hill where a historical perspective
and Agriculture. The tour took was given on the original road
us through the Greiggs Village, which the people would use to get inaccessible by vehicles for the
through farmland, to Pavement entirety of the first half of the
at primarily the origin of the to Kingstown; this trail being
aptly dubbed „Ole Road‟.
Colonarie Watershed. 1900‘s. Thus a close-knit com-
At the bottom of this trail is quite munal clan-based community
It was an experience!!! Person- possibly the tallest bridge in St. evolved.
ally, it was refreshing and con- Vincent and the Grenadines,
jured several ideas in my mind which was completed in the late As we entered the village of
for its full development which is 1950‘s early 60‘s by the Ebenezer Greiggs, our attention was
likely to enhance our local and Joshua administration; prior to drawn to the Greiggs Anglican
visitor experience as well as Church, the location of which is
this Greiggs had been virtually - alleged to be the former home of

Frances ‟Fannie‟ Greig the
lady from which the village re-
ceived its name.
This was followed by a stop at
the property of the last Chief of
the village Charles Emmanuel
„Mannie‟ Daniel which is now
occupied by his descen-
dants. Daniel officiated over the
distribution of lands in the year
1905. This historical event is
commemorated annually in
th
Greiggs on June 19 as Greiggs
Founders‟ Day Agro-Festival
featuring the exhibition of fresh
produce as well as agro-

processed, value-added products. It is celebrated under the theme Appreciating the Gift of Land with the
idea of taking produce to the stage of a product.

The tour party was then treated to a snack which contained banana and made like a tri-tri cake. I must say
very tasty!!! . This was followed by a presentation on the impact of agriculture in particular the Banana In-
dustry on the livelihoods of the village - this was reflected in the housing stock, provision of utilities and