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My-Island-Jamaica Digest
Ezine: November 7, 2021
Hey ,
Happy Sunday to you and yours again my friend!
I hope you had a great week - and is looking forward with great expectation to this one!
We've just closed out the articles for the heritage month of October, but I'm sorry my friend, I have to squeeze this one in, belatedly. Its Jamaican Jerk.
What do you know about Jerk, the history of jerk, jerk today and even the types of meats we jerk?
So that's the featured article for this week.
And do remember that I have several other fresh and insightful content on the website via the blog, so please remember to stop by and check them out.
And now, the...
How do you turn a love for rabbits into a thriving rabbit farm business?
In this special video collaboration with my friend and fellow Jamaican YouTuber @Chat Jamaican with Tania, we met up with an impressive young man, Shamari, an inspirational teenager, who not only demonstrated his clear passion for rearing rabbits, but also shared 12 key tips and strategies on how to keep his rabbits safe, healthy and reproductive.
I think you'll love it. Here is it, embedded below.
Please be sure to LIKE and comment.
And if you like it, please SHARE it with someone, the more the merrier!
Featured Jamaican Product
Scroll back up a little. See that plant in the hand of the young man with the rabbits?
We call it the Spanish needle plant ( I think it is called shepherd's needle in the Bahamas). But long story short, it is one of the many herbs used traditionally in Jamaica as medicine for various conditions - and yes I mean outside of feeding rabbits.
In an article in the Observer recently, Dr. Denise Daley, award winning pharmacologist stated that, 'Of the plants already identified as having medicinal properties worldwide, Jamaica has 50 per cent, and of that 50 per cent, 33 per cent is endemic to the island,”.
Among the commonly used herbal remedies found in most parishes here are aloe vera, moringa, noni root, cowfoot leaf, cowfoot tongue, bay leaf, Indian mint, cherry bark, vervain, dog blood, cerasee, King of the Forest, marigold, bissy, and sorrel. Read more
So today I proudly trumpet the many, and high quality, herbs we have here are indeed among the great products that herald BRAND JAMAICA.
This week I have a host of persons to salute but those that comes readily to mind are Shamari, Tania and Leighton.
- Leighton brought down a, what I'll say is a, live-saving package for a family member last week, in the nick of time! Yes it was a medical issue.
- Tania, at the last minute, accepted my invitation to collaborate on the video &
- Shamari, the youngster in the video above, graciously accepted the opportunity to partner with us on the rabbit farm feature .
Thank you family!
Did you know...
... that in rural Jamaica, after the birth of a child, the placenta is buried?
A sapling (young plant) is planted on top of it. That will eventually be awarded to the child and called the “baby tree”. In many cases it is a fruit tree or a plant that can be harvested, eg. pear, pimento, guinep, coconut, etc.
This too, is yet another interesting fact from my 101 Intriguing Facts About Jamaica book.
Mobay's Sangster International Airport on Monday (November 1) welcomed United States (US)- based Frontier Airlines’ inaugural flight from Atlanta, Georgia, to Montego Bay in St James.
Frontier’s Airbus A320 touched down at 8:39 a.m. with 49 passengers on board, including crew members, in what was a direct two-and-a-half-hour flight from the US to Jamaica.
Frontier Airlines now joins Delta as the only direct flights from Atlanta to Montego Bay. .
Thought I'd let you know 😊
And that's it for today. As usual, thank you for your time, I do appreciate it. Until next week, #KeepSafeAndSane .
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