The impact of Hurricane Melissa is being felt in our state with so many having ties to Jamaica. Connecticut is home to the fifth-largest Jamaican community in the country with about 61,000 people ...

Bartley was a fixture in Jamaica’s retail industry for over a decade, laboriously building her career through one-on-one ...

WEST BRATTLEBORO — Southern Vermont orchards and vegetable farms are rallying support and money for their Jamaican farm workers, whose homes and farms have been devastated if not destroyed by ...

The shadow of colonialism, plantations and centuries of slavery still taint farming’s public perception, discouraging young Jamaicans from working the land. However, as the cost of imported food soars ...

But, given the small scale of our largely unplanned, liberal, market-driven economy, which must compete with advanced, large-scale agricultural sectors in an increasingly complex, globalised world, ...

Food For The Poor’s first FlaMingle raised money to establish bee farms and provide training and equipment for beekeepers in impoverished communities across Jamaica. The event took place at the ...

For more than 18 years Peter Campbell made a living from construction, but dabbled a bit in farming. Five years ago, he decided to go full-time into agriculture, a decision he has not regretted. Today ...

A wisp of an old man with waist-long dreadlocks and a bamboo cane walked a small herd of buffed mahogany cattle across the field in front of us. It was early morning and the vision was blurred. A ...

Sustainable agriculture expert Liz Solms answers questions about a farm-to-table initiative on southwest Jamaica’s Treasure Beach. The November/December issue of Traveler features our annual “Places ...