Labour shortage cripple T&T farms

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Labour shortage cripple T&T farms
Foreign volunteers work for free in Moruga

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Yesterday
Sat Mar 30 2019

Labour short­ages have crip­pled many farms across T&T but in one farm in the sleepy vil­lage of Moru­ga, dozens of vol­un­teers from around the world are com­ing to work for free.

In re­turn, they get to ex­pe­ri­ence the Tri­ni life which many of us take for grant­ed.

The for­eign­ers come from 120 coun­tries across the world in­clud­ing the Unit­ed States, Cana­da, Eng­land, Ire­land, Scot­land, France, Greece, Ger­many, Aus­tria, and New Zealand. They get free food and lodg­ing at One Fam­i­ly Farms, owned by Giselle Granger, at La Lune Vil­lage, near the south­ern coast. The salty sea breeze smell wafts across the farm where cab­bages, mint, pump­kins, patchoi, bread­fruit, let­tuce, chive, toma­toes, pep­pers, me­l­on­gene, and corn grow.

Dur­ing an ex­clu­sive in­ter­view with Guardian Me­dia on Fri­day, Granger said she opened her doors to the world in 2014 when she signed up as a host with the Will­ing Work­ers on Or­gan­ic Farms (WWOOF) pro­gramme.
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incredible...in Trinidad it have wuk dat nobody want. :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

when I was growing up it had fifty man fuh every wuk going..now it have too much. this is too much yes. oh guuuude! :blink: :blink: :blink: :blink: :S :S

bro, Trickies don't wanna do FARM wukk anymore !

dem just wann Carnival wukk : steel pan making , costumes sewing

"theme" planning on Trucks .....and filling Mas camps !

well de ansah fuh workers is Haiti...bring in dem French and dem. deh poor likr dirt and lookin opportunity

weh captain? he not doing nutten but run him mout' here. he cud go deh and ketch some wuk an' a lil piece ah change

Cappo seh him done with cutting cane since him lann in Amrica !

bettah dan pik apple in summer and freeze his rarse off in wintah illy: illy: illy: