Southwest Airlines has officially landed in the U.S. Virgin Islands. This week, Southwest launched daily round-trip service to St. Thomas from both Orlando and from Baltimore, opening up one of the Caribbean’s most beloved beach and bar destinations to even more travelers. It’s perfect for anyone who prefers water that’s warm enough to swim in […]
Above: Dominica (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Venezuela’s government is funding the construction of a planned coffee processing plant in Dominica. Construction on the plant is expected to begin soon, according to the government. “We expect about 400 persons to be employed in this project either directly or indirectly,” said Agriculture Minister Matthew […]
Above: a coffee farm in Haiti By the Caribbean Journal staff It’s not easy to find Haitian coffee on the shelves of stores in the United States — but Fabien Dodard is trying to change that. Through his new company, Kafe Pa Nou, Dodard is looking to tap into a million-strong market of Diaspora Haitians […]
Above: Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe and Cote d’Ivoire Prime Minister Daniel Kablan Duncan (Photo: OPM Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti and Cote d’Ivoire have signed a pair of cooperation agreements, according to the office of Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe, who visited the African country this week. The agreements include a cooperation […]
Above: a Cocano office in La Croix, Haiti (Photo: Cafe Cocano) By Alexander Britell While Jamaica’s Blue Mountain coffee has grown in international prominence in recent years, Haiti is actually one of the region’s oldest coffee-producing countries. The difficulty has traditionally been finding a way to bring Haiti’s coffee to the world market, along with […]
Above: Haiti (UN Photo/Logan Abassi) By the Caribbean Journal staff A new coffee company heading to the United States is looking to do its part to help Haitian famers. Par Haiti/Pour Haiti (“From Haiti for Haiti”), the brainchild of Michael Pereira, uses hand-roasted coffee made of 100 percent Haitian Arabica beans, with dollars generated by […]
By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s coffee industry will soon be receiving support from a multi-partner development programme that could provide help to as many as 10,000 smallholder coffee farmers in the country. The programme, which was jointly set up by the Inter-American Development Bank’s Multilateral Investment Fund and the French Agency for Development, is […]
The Jamaican Government is moving to broaden the market of Jamaica’s high-end Blue Mountain Coffee, as the first 16,500 kilogram shipment of Jamaican green bean coffee was sent off on its way to Hangzhou, China. Last year, the Hangzhou Coffee and Western Foods Association signed a memorandum of understanding with Jamaica’s Ministry of Agriculture and […]
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