Dear Editor,
I would like to commend the Sunday Observer for the article 'Clancy Watson focuses on his craft after prison setback' in yesterday's edition. It is really great that we are featuring this very small manufacturer and I'm sure this highlight will help to boost his business.
Please consider a regular weekly column where local small Jamaican manufacturers and their products of every kind can be highlighted so that we can see what we have and support our own. I believe there are many local manufacturers producing quality products. I am not a manufacturer, but I would like to see local products being exposed on a regular basis to make Jamaicans more aware of the wonderful products that are being made here.
I see great hope for Jamaica despite the many negatives of crime, the economy and the sliding dollar.
For example, in the skincare and haircare line there are brands like Naniki Naturals with body lotions, body scrubs, candles, soaps and the ingredients are natural. There is also Adzua that makes lotions and body butters. Yono Corp in Temple Hall makes body perfumes, lotions, body washes that are of a high quality and could better any
imported product.
There are also local leather goods makers and artisans, eg D'NexStep Sandals, that make genuine leather goods of a high quality.
Local company Spur Tree Spices saw explosive growth in 2012, and Jamaican chocolatier Chocolate Dreams is reviving the local chocolate industry and is now exporting to Antigua. Our ginger is the best, our cocoa is among the top 8 in the world, and Jamaican coffee is top-notch.
There are many other such great stories that need to be told. What we have here is very good; cast a light on it, expose 'made In Jamaica' products and enlighten the public of these great things to build national pride and help build
the economy.
I have done a wide research and am very impressed with what we have locally. Whereas a lot of people seem to be losing hope in this country, there are signs of real hope here.
Keisha Buchanan, MD
Tangerine Place
keishabucc@gmail.com
#MadeInJamaica
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I would like to commend the Sunday Observer for the article 'Clancy Watson focuses on his craft after prison setback' in yesterday's edition. It is really great that we are featuring this very small manufacturer and I'm sure this highlight will help to boost his business.
Please consider a regular weekly column where local small Jamaican manufacturers and their products of every kind can be highlighted so that we can see what we have and support our own. I believe there are many local manufacturers producing quality products. I am not a manufacturer, but I would like to see local products being exposed on a regular basis to make Jamaicans more aware of the wonderful products that are being made here.
I see great hope for Jamaica despite the many negatives of crime, the economy and the sliding dollar.
For example, in the skincare and haircare line there are brands like Naniki Naturals with body lotions, body scrubs, candles, soaps and the ingredients are natural. There is also Adzua that makes lotions and body butters. Yono Corp in Temple Hall makes body perfumes, lotions, body washes that are of a high quality and could better any
imported product.
There are also local leather goods makers and artisans, eg D'NexStep Sandals, that make genuine leather goods of a high quality.
Local company Spur Tree Spices saw explosive growth in 2012, and Jamaican chocolatier Chocolate Dreams is reviving the local chocolate industry and is now exporting to Antigua. Our ginger is the best, our cocoa is among the top 8 in the world, and Jamaican coffee is top-notch.
There are many other such great stories that need to be told. What we have here is very good; cast a light on it, expose 'made In Jamaica' products and enlighten the public of these great things to build national pride and help build
the economy.
I have done a wide research and am very impressed with what we have locally. Whereas a lot of people seem to be losing hope in this country, there are signs of real hope here.
Keisha Buchanan, MD
Tangerine Place
keishabucc@gmail.com
#MadeInJamaica
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