We have three farms, one on the seaside and two up in the hills. The seaside farm has been worked by this family for two generations now. In true permaculture tradition, there are fruit trees, smaller banana and plantain trees, soft vegetables and herbs and wild medicinal herbs (weeds!). We don’t do monoculture.
We experiment with all sorts of ways to make our farm more productive, less wasteful, and less in need of inputs from outside of the farm. We are aiming for a healthy ecosystem here that supports our family. Presently, we are focusing on re-establishing and enlarging our essential oil distillery, with the ambitious goal of eventually distilling all of the essential oil bearing plants in Jamaica at least once.
Along the way, we want to make the lessons we learn from our experiences available to anyone who can benefit, including other Jamaican farmers and interested people around the world.
Please visit our Blog page to get a sense of daily life on our farm, including first-hand accounts written by our farm interns.
Yerba Buena Farm Jamaica 