Georgian Bay Fruit Growers Association estimates 620 seasonal agricultural workers come up from Jamaica every year; ‘It’s our ...

Footage of growing passion fruit in pot from seed to young plant over 100 days time lapse. The seed was extracted from a ...

Hundreds of Jamaicans were in Vermont to pick apples when Hurricane Melissa ravaged their homeland. Orchards are raising money to help them repair damages.

WEST BRATTLEBORO — Southern Vermont orchards and vegetable farms are rallying support and money for their Jamaican farm ...

Help is on the way as the Houston community comes together to collect food, clothing and other essentials for Jamaica, which ...

The 2025 keynote presenter is Eisner Award-nominated and Ignatz Award-winning cartoonist Ben Passmore, who will be speaking at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14, at Phoenix Books. The keynote event is free, ...

From apples to carrots to maple syrup and skiing, the food, activities, and landscape we cherish in Vermont are possible in part due to this workforce,” said Naomi Wolcott-MacCausland at the ...

Across Brevard, from those born in Jamaica to the local Jewish community, residents offer help in recovery efforts after ...

Jamaica's transportation minister Daryl Vaz announced on Saturday ... It is the same tone struck by Oreth Jones, a farmer sitting in the bed of his truck selling pears, pumpkins, and sweet potatoes – ...

In Jamaica, the destruction comes just 15 months after Hurricane Beryl impacted more than 50,000 farmers and 11,000 fishers, and caused $4.73 billion Jamaican dollars (about $29 million) in losses, ...

Hundreds of seasonal orchard workers in Vermont are from Jamaica, which just was hit by its strongest hurricane in recorded history.

According to the Fruit and Tree Nuts Outlook released by the USDA, the latest forecast for the 2025 US pear crop signals a ...