Primitive Greens

Primitive Greens grows, harvests and packages all of its lettuce and mushrooms locally to consistently provide delicious produce to the community. They began selling mushrooms grown in a Gourmet Mushroom Farm to resorts and restaurants in Grand Cayman in 2023, and found the demand to be even greater than expected.

“The chefs appreciate it, because many of the chefs are from Canada, Europe, and they’re used to having truffles and other varieties, but here you’re limited to what you can get, so when something fresh and new comes along, people are all about it and it becomes a standard routine,” said Cody Whitaker, co-owner of Primitive Greens.

Primitive Greens aims to enhance food security and take a step towards more food independence in the Cayman Islands.

MegaMart

FarmBox Foods has spent recent years developing relationships and establishing proof of concept with MegaMart, one of the largest grocery chains in Jamaica, and Natural Grocers, a Colorado-based health food chain that specializes in organic goods. Both companies are reaping the benefits of growing produce in a FarmBox Foods container farm just steps away from the in-store display case. They eliminate costs and logistical difficulties associated with shipping the food from elsewhere, and the food retains its entire shelf life and nutritional value because it’s grown in the community where it’s consumed.

MegaMart received its first farm in mid-summer 2021 and is growing leafy greens and herbs outside its store in Montego Bay, Jamaica. The chain has expressed interest in replicating the program on a number of Caribbean islands, as shipping goods to island nations has become increasingly cost-prohibitive.