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Grenadian farmer on Queen’s New Year Honours List

This story was posted 1 year ago
31 December 2020
in Agriculture/Fisheries
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Thaddeus Claudius Pierre BEM
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by Linda Straker

  • Thaddeus Claudius Pierre awarded BEM for service to agriculture
  • Started farming for recreational purposes when he was 13 years old
  • Pierre currently farms 40 acres of land

A farmer is among 6 Grenadians from 15 Commonwealth nations honoured in the Queen’s 2021 New Year Honours list. They represent a reflection of professional fields including public service, culture, agriculture, education, and the hospitality industry.

Thaddeus Claudius Pierre

Receiving the BEM honour for service to agriculture is 70-year-old farmer Thaddeus Claudius Pierre from the community of Birchgrove, St Andrew. He started farming for recreational purposes when he was 13 years old and continued because of the love he developed.

“It is a pleasure doing farming, although there have been many ups and downs,” Pierre said in a recent interview with the Ministry of Agriculture’s Communications Unit. Explaining some of these challenges, he said sometimes labour is hard to find and workers are not always cooperative.

“I also had a few challenges with storms and hurricanes, especially Hurricane Ivan which blew my crops down completely. Another time I had about 50 acres of bananas ready to ship; a hurricane came and damaged everything. Additionally, there was the one time we lost the market, and I lost a few thousand dollars because of this, as I had lots of bananas and there was no market for them.” Pierre currently farms 40 acres of land.

The other awardees on the New Year Honours list are:

Order Of The British Empire (Civil Division) CBE, To be an Ordinary Commander of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order was awarded to Beryl Lucina Isaac MBE for years of contribution to the public service. Isaac retired from the Public Service after serving the highest post of Cabinet Secretary and is presently the Chairman of the Public Service Commission.

OBE To be an Ordinary Officer of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order is awarded to Augustina Veronica Steele for services to the Community.

MBE To be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order was awarded to Leo Garbutt for services to the Hospitality Industry, and Helena Patrice for services to Education and to the Community.

The British Empire Medal (Civil Division) BEM was awarded to Winston Esau David for services to Culture.

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Comments 9

  1. Karen says:
    1 year ago

    Congratulations Mr. Pierre.

    Reply
  2. Precious7 says:
    1 year ago

    Well Done!

    Reply
  3. George Antoine says:
    1 year ago

    Hello Mr. Pierre,
    I am indeed elated and very proud of you and your ‘Majestic’ honor and achievement. I have always known you to be a very determined and progressive individual. Congratulations to you, and may you continue to prosper. My best wishes to you.
    George Antoine

    Reply
  4. Karl says:
    1 year ago

    I am based in Trinidad and have met this gentleman on more than once occasion. Hats off to him on his achievement

    Reply
  5. Marilyn says:
    1 year ago

    Congratulations Claudius!

    Reply
  6. Joey says:
    1 year ago

    Well done sir,your dedication to the land and success in making a living acts as a constant reminder to our backward looking Government, as to where the policy and efforts should be focus. We have rich and futile lands let’s feed ourselves to rid the shackles off our wrist!!

    Reply
  7. Jackie says:
    1 year ago

    Congratulations to Mr Pierre and his family.
    He is an excellent to the young people here. Perhaps more of them will start to do something with our rich and fertile land.

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  8. Storm says:
    1 year ago

    Well done and I hope this motivates some of our youngster into this industry which has a great future.

    Reply
  9. Mike says:
    1 year ago

    Congratulations, great work!

    Reply

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