Welcome to https://www.samms-plus.com, the website and blog of Samuel Conrad Mason aka Samms. a Grenadian by Birth, a Barbadian National, and a Caribbean Citizen.

SAMMS-Plus is a Home-based facility, located in Barbados and designed to Validate, Promote, and Support Home Food Preparation, Small Scale Home Food manufacturing, and the establishment and operation of Small Scale Home-based Agri-business Enterprises in small countries and communities in the Caribbean and in other parts of the world where there is much fertile land and agriculture is a principal activity.

It uses the acronym, SAMMS, which stands for Small, Appropriate Manufacturing and Marketing  Solutions, and the word Plus is added to indicate the range of services being provided, the range of sources from which information is drawn, and testimonies of associates who share the vision. 

SAMMS Plus has a number of objectives. They include the Alleviation of Unemployment and Underemployment, Food Waste Reduction, Building Self-Reliance, Reducing individual, family and national Food Bills, and Contributing to Community and National Development.

The alleviation of Unemployment among the young and especially among school leavers in the Caribbean islands and Communities without any specialized training or skills is the principal objective.

SAMMS Plus embraces the concept of intermediate and/or appropriate technologies advanced by the Late Dr. E. F. Schmacher, in an effort to find a solution to the serious problem of unemployment and the resulting high levels of poverty in Third World countries.

Another source of inspiration is the Late Mrs.Carmeta Fraser, a former food promotion officer at the Barbados Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (BADMC).  In her work, she was a constant promoter of the view that 'food comes first and that 'Barbadians should eat what they grow and grow what they eat.

A third source of inspiration is Miss Maxine McLean, a former government senator in Barbados Government who pointed to the importance of research and development among members of the private sector at an International Leadership Summit held in 2008 in Barbados. She said that "It is imperative that the private sector which ultimately will be the primary beneficiary of research development activity, that the sector recognizes the need to commit to research and development and to see it as a necessary and critical input to its own success".

The Website includes a range of services that are designed to help people who are unemployed or under-employed and who may wish to improve their situation by becoming small scale agri-entrepreneurs and owning their own businesses.  The services which are being provided at little or no cost include the opportunity for residents of Barbados and visitors to visit and to use the equipment at the SAMMS Plus facility to produce their own choice products.

The Portfolio provides a list of the choice products that have been developed at the facility and include those that are being successfully marketed. Asloprovided required, and their sources as well as the ingredients the method of production provided. The prices are  provided for individuals and businesses that wish to order samples,

All orders will be dispatched as soon as possible once the payment of the required costs has been received. Enter your information below:

The Blog which is included in the FORUM provides a number of articles prepared and/or published with the permission of the authors to validate Home Food Preparation, Home Food  Preservation, the establishment of small scale Home-based Agri-Businesses, and are designed to meet its objectives. The articles already listed in the FORUM and labeled Views and Voices as well as those planned are:

* The Case for Home Food Preservation and the Establishment of Agriculture-based Manufacturing Enterprises in the Small Islands and Communities in the Caribbean and elsewhere where fertile land is a natural resource 

* Big and Small Businesses: Their Place in the Small Islands and Communities

* The Importance and Need for Skills Training in the Small Islands and Communities in the Caribbean. (Video). 

* Independence and Economic Development in the Small Islands in the Caribbean

* Food Preservation and Processing - Methods

* Suzies Hot Sauce, Antigua - A Success Story

Testimonies and stories of successful individuals and others who share the vision of SAMMS Plus are also included as they also serve to meet the objectives of the Website,

Welcome once again to the SAMMS Plus Website and Blog, an initiative that can help to improve the lives of many in our small islands and communities in the Caribbean and other parts of the World.