Yesterday Cory and six other men took a trip to Marmelade. About 80 miles round trip took six hours. Cloudy with a few rain sprinkles on the return trip.
They visited the Marmelade agricultural center and some of it's outlying bamboo plantations. The main complex has a bamboo garden, nursery and furniture factory, coffee bean processing factory and and orange juice processing and bagging factory.
They grow 7 types of bamboo. In 2000-2005 people from Taiwan can and taught how to make the bamboo furniture. The furniture is shipped to Port-au-Prince for sale.
The orange juice sells for $0.12 US a bag. Cory bought a sack of 50. 
These are sold to schools and shipped to Cap Haitian. Cory hasn't ever seen it on the street for sale. It is good.
These are sold to schools and shipped to Cap Haitian. Cory hasn't ever seen it on the street for sale. It is good.
The coffee bean processing factor cleans and sorts the beans. About 8 years ago there was an attack of a coffee weevil. But now the location raises a parasitic enemy for weevil control.
Since they were in the area they stopped in to see President Preval's house. Here they are in front of it. Marmelade is a very small town Cory guesses 1-2,000 people.
2 comments:
What an interesting post. That bamboo desk is beautiful!
Cory,
Do you know if there is any way to contact the orange juice factory or bamboo factory via email?
Thanks,
Bob
solarbobky@yahoo.com
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