Miss Celeste, Kindred’s matriarch, inspects dehydrated crops on her land, located next to the Kindred farm. Like the overwhelming majority of women in agriculture in Jamaica, Miss Celeste does not own the land she cultivates. She was gifted use of this grung by the man who owns it and does her best to reap from it with the help of her daughter and granddaughter.
There is no infrastructure for piped water in the area of Point Hill. Everyone including Miss Celeste relies on rainwater harvesting and on purchasing drinking water from trucks for their homes and farms. This didn’t pose as much of an issue when the rains were more regular and predictable. Now, droughts leave some farmers and families in shortage of water. The entire island is suffering from erratic rainfall and prolonged droughts.
