MARIGOT--The We Agree with Culture Association will organise its third annual Agriculture Fair at the market gardens in Bellevue on Sunday, February 7, from 10:00am until 11:00pm.
A highlight of the fair is always the sale of fresh produce from the amazing variety of crops grown on the site. Sales are brisk and it’s wise to come early to avoid disappointment. But it’s not all about the produce. The fair is a day out for the whole family and offers arts and crafts stands, homemade products, clothing, handmade jewellery, and so forth. Some vendors will come from St. Kitts, Anguilla, Martinique, and Guadeloupe.
In addition Ital food pies, soup, soya, fresh juices, will also be available. Traditional live music will be provided during the day by The Jolly Boys.
Speakers invited include Senator Louis-Constant Fleming who loaned the land for the project, Roland Richardson, Daniel Arnel, Ras Sankofa of the St. Kitts Agricultural Department, Jocelyn Richardson of the Dutch-side Agriculture Department, Dr. Bichot, Ras Jah Bash, and Sista Ijahnya of Anguilla.
There will be poetry, singing and dancing from the stage during the evening. Performers include Jah Call, Najah, Lord San, Sister Cegan, Simple D, Dread I, Iness, Akoma, Lucinda, Jahneral Blunty, Remo, Nubian Sun, Saige, Disciple, and the Imbali Dancers.
Ras Jah Bash of the Solidarity Rastafari Organisation said there was a need to revive agriculture on the island and it was a means to create employment for the youth; hence this year’s slogan “Creating Employment through the Land.”
The association benefited recently from a 12,500-euro grant from the Collectivité that has enabled it to be self-sufficient for water from wells and a dam that have been constructed on the site. The market gardens are open for produce sales weekdays from 6:30am until 2:30pm, and closed on Saturdays. The site is located just off the main road between the Cole Bay border and Bellevue, Marigot.
