Genisea
In the village of Genisea Xanthi, the Social Cooperative Enterprise (Coin.S.Ep.) of the same name is active. It was created by the Women’s Association of the region and since 2006 has revived the traditional cultivation of sugar cane, as well as the processing of the primary product for the production of petimezi. Sugarcane was cultivated in the area in the middle of the 20th century by Pontian refugees, who wanted to continue traditional crops of their ancestral areas. Gradually, the cultivation of sugarcane in the area was abandoned, but it was revived thanks to the efforts of the Women’s Association … Read more







