anna maria barry-jester

the island of widows

A field of cane burns in preparation for harvest. Ash falls and smoke envelopes the communityfor hours after a burning. When a local school teacher was asked about the effects of the burning fields in front of the school, he responded: "...to be honest I prefer when they burn the fields to when they fumigate...when they spray the cane we spend two or three days in that cloud of poison."
A field of cane burns in preparation for harvest. Ash falls and smoke envelopes the communityfor hours after a burning.

When a local school teacher was asked about the effects of the burning fields in front of the school, he responded:

"...to be honest I prefer when they burn the fields to when they fumigate...when they spray the cane we spend two or three days in that cloud of poison."