LINK-Caribbean Magazine

COFFEE THAT ROCKS

Rocksteady Mountain Resort Ltd has been able to hire local farm hands and utilize some of the most skillful and knowledgeable coffee farmers in Jamaica.

the lack of work available to young school leavers and adults. Rocksteady Mountain Resort Ltd has been able to hire local farm hands and utilize some of the most skillful and knowledgeable coffee farmers in Jamaica. With this new investment Rocksteady has been able to expand the farm and employ more people contributing to the economic development of the community.

Through the process of participating in the LINK- Caribbean programme and pitching to business angels Ricardo learnt how important it is to communicate what potential investors need to know about his company in order to make that investment decision. LINK- Caribbean provided many of the tools and the guidance to support this process and since receiving the IR- grant, he has gone on to secure Angel Investment and a Co-Investment grant to supplement the overall investment received. Over the past 10 years or more the Regale, Cascade Portland community where the Rocksteady farm is located there has been population decline due to