Whispers from the Hills: The Lost Legacy of Ladyfield Estate

Whispers from the Hills: The Lost Legacy of Ladyfield Estate

High in the verdant, rolling hills of St. Thomas-in-the-East, where the Caribbean breeze sweeps up from the coast, lie the quiet ruins of Ladyfield Estate. More than just crumbling stone, it is a spectral bookmark in Jamaica’s agricultural history—a former coffee...
Middleton, 1870: A Coffee Plantation in Transition

Middleton, 1870: A Coffee Plantation in Transition

Perched in the cool, mist-laden hills near Gordon Town, St. Andrew, the Middleton Coffee Plantation of 1870 stood as both a testament to a bygone era and a bold experiment in a new one. In the decades following emancipation, the landscape of Jamaican agriculture was...
JACRA Calls on All Agricultural Stakeholders to Get Licensed

JACRA Calls on All Agricultural Stakeholders to Get Licensed

The Jamaica Agricultural Commodities Regulatory Authority (JACRA) is urging unregulated stakeholders operating in specific agricultural sectors to get licensed.JACRA is the regulatory body responsible for coconut, cocoa, coffee, ginger, nutmeg, pimento, and turmeric,...