Cameron is a young man who lives nearby and is a friend of CSI. He was educated in the states and has gone back home to Jamaica to try to revive his old family farm and give employment to as many people in his economically depressed parish as possible. We were all pretty much awestruck at all he's accomplished already. His main products so far are little yellow Scotch Bonnet peppers (innocent-looking--don't trust them!HOT!!!), and turmeric, the things in the white bag that look kind of like large grubs. He also has a "cocoa walk" (what you call a plantation of cocoa trees) but has trouble with rot, which blackens the pods, rats, which eat into them, and the need of processing. He said at one point you were required to sell all your cocoa powder only to the government, for $8/lb, and they turned around and resold it for $64. Now, if he can build his own processing building, which sounds fairly doable, he can employ more workers and sell the powder for more. (I told him I'd buy it!)
This is a picture of Cameron's farmhouse.
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