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...
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...
For millions of people around the world, the day begins with the rich, invigorating aroma of coffee. This global industry, valued at over $100 billion, is built on the backs of farmers in a narrow belt along the equator known as the “Bean Belt.” Yet, there...
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