The Marilou Allen Office ofService and Community Collaboration

The Green Market Santa Cruz (GMSC) in Trinidad formed itself as a social enterprise focusing on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal #12: changing patterns of consumption and production. Three overarching objectives inform GMSC's mission and modus operandi: 1) linking small farmers and garden growers directly to consumers; 2) fostering land-based entrepreneurship by transforming and adding value to local agricultural products; 3) providing a modern day village green to encourage conviviality and gentle public education about the interconnectedness of all of Nature's components and the need for their protection and conservation.

Since summer 2018, GMSC hosts up to 2 CPGC summer fellows each year. Jon Wilson's Economic Botany spring break field study to Trinidad also visits GMSC to learn about the work they do in community-based sustainable development.