Kylie Hasegawa, a student at Boston College, came as a summer 2013 intern to help us with our natural pesticide project. Although she came with a different focus from the other interns, she participated in almost everything that happened on the farm. Kylie has an amazing positive attitude, and her humble spirit didn’t stop her from…
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Committed to practising and promoting sustainable agriculture, we enjoy organic farming, growing mushrooms, soap making, natural building, top bar beekeeping and more. We offer internship opportunities and welcome guests interested in getting to know the real Jamaica through ecotourism or community tourism.
Cody and Christy Kerr!
Cody and Christy Kerr, avid swing dancers from Kentucky, came as a couple for our summer 2013 internship. Our top bar beekeeping training is part of their self-designed sustainable agriculture program that includes a permaculture certificate program in Costa Rica and forest farming and nutrient dense food preparation in New Zealand. At our farm, along with…
Taylor!
Oh, Taylor! A strong character, steady mind, thoughtful leader and kind spirit – that’s Taylor, one of our summer 2013 interns. As Taylor goes off to Tulane University, we wish her all the best. Always stay in touch, Taylor – we miss you already! Click here to read her blog.
Loren!
Loren White, a student at Denison University, is one of our summer 2013 interns. If you click here, you can read about the experience that he had here this past summer. Thank you, Loren, for the good energy, good company and good vibes!
Last Night with Yerba Buena
This post was written by our wonderful intern, Paul Patitsas, on his last night with us. Paul is hard-working, upbeat and full of energy. He is also thoughtful, spiritual, kind and honest. We both respect and appreciate him and are happy that he decided to come spend his time with us. Thank you, Paul, and we hope that…
Our Post-Hurricane Look
After the hurricane, once we’d cleaned up all the rubbish and rubble, we looked around and realized that we lived in a totally different yard! We had so many fewer trees. We’d probably lost around 80% of our trees, which means that we’ll have 80% less fruit! Hmmm… Although we were trying to have a positive…
Emily Gets Her hands Dirty!
Emily Erickson, a student at UC Davis, will be here with us from January to March 2013. In this picture, she’s mixing up a clay mixture to rebuild our outdoor, wood-fired clay oven. We are having a great time with Emily, getting a lot accomplished and enjoying her enthusiasm, energy and good ideas. Emily has…
Partners of the Americas Farmer to Farmer Blog Features Our Project
Here’s what they had to say (and if you’d like to visit their actual blog page, click here): Cultivating Change: Farmer to Farmer Blog Promoting economic growth, agricultural development and volunteer service in the Americas. Top-Bar Beekeeping 101: Sustainable Beekeeping in St. Mary, Jamaica Example of a top-bar hive. Today marks the beginning of Tom Hebert’s…
Tom Hebert, Our Top Bar Trainer, Shares All on Bee Source Forum
Tom Hebert, our top bar bee keeping trainer, has been sharing information about our activities here on the Bee Source forum. Tom has a talent that I envy – he is a wonderful teacher who knows how to present information in a clear, organized way. Here is the link to the page with his forum…
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