BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Chief Executive Officer of the Barbados Agricultural Management Company (BAMC), Orlando Atherley, says the agency should bring in BD$4.2 million (One Barbados dollar=US$0.50 cents), in revenue from the sale of locally branded packages sugar exports that will be sold to the United States during this year’s harvest which starts on Monday. 

BELMOPAN, Belize – Belize is taking steps to revive its shrimp industry that was bringing in revenue close to BDZ$100 million (One BDZ$=US$0.49 cents) annually up to 2014.

NEW YORK, NY - The coconut is an essential super food in Caribbean cuisine. It is used both in savory and sweet dishes in addition to providing the precious delectable super nutrient – coconut oil.

NEW YORK, NY - I was asked recently what is my favorite meat and I said chicken. Why?

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – President, Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali has announced the creation of a regional agri-tech campus between Guyana and India.

PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas – Atlantis Paradise Island,  is announcing its inaugural Nassau Paradise Island Wine & Food Festival (NPIWFF), taking place Wednesday, March 15 – Sunday, March 19, 2023.

Two training institutions have locked arms to advance workforce development strategies in Grenada, focused on the culinary sector.

SANTIAGO, Chile – A new United Nations (UN) report has revealed that almost a quarter of the population in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) don’t have the money required to have a healthy diet, with the region having the highest cost compared to the rest of the world.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica is looking to forge closer ties with Cuba for the further development of the local agriculture sector.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Sub-regional Office for the Caribbean and the Governments of Dominica, Grenada, St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, are launching a regional cluster of projects on Promoting Windward Islands Food Production and Trade Corridor through National and Regional Value Chain Development.

BELMOPAN, Belize– The government of Belize says as of January 1 this year, the import duty on condensed milk imported into CARICOM from all non-CARICOM sources has been increased to 30 percent after Jamaica gave the commitment to supply the region with the product.

Harlem, NY — Karl Franz Williams, Caribbean-American mixologist, restaurateur and owner of Harlem’s 67 Orange Street and New Haven’s Anchor Spa, today announced the retail and online expansion of Uncle Waithley’s Vincy Brew, Ginger Beer with Scotch Bonnet Pepper. A non-alcoholic small batch ginger beer, Uncle Waithley’s is a refreshing beverage and an ideal mixer to add great ginger flavor to cocktails and mocktails. It’s made with fresh, flavorful, all-natural ingredients (not extracts) that are balanced in the way only a true mixologist could. Uncle Waithley’s is uniquely enhanced with Scotch Bonnet, a pepper prized throughout the Caribbean and Africa, for its heat and flavor, giving the drink a spicy finish. Uncle Waithley’s is the only authentic Caribbean ginger beer with Scotch Bonnet on the market today.