Day 6: Oh, I guess it is Saturday

Today we started off breakfast with boiling the seeds of the jack fruit from the previous day. It is interesting that nothing goes to waste here.  We mixed in the boiled seeds with cabbage, watermelon, pineapple, many other cooked veggies, as well as some sugar cane to top everything off.

After breakfast we went to the hardware store in Ochos Rios to get a weed-whacker repaired. This was probably about a 3 hour drive round-trip.

Once returned, some of Agape’s organic farmer friends were hanging out at the house. I say house but it is more of a large cabin with abundant amounts of food.  These friends had just designed a building that is supposed to dry out the potent Jamaican fruit they harvest so they are able to mix and blend these fruits into various products such as teas, lotions, soaps, etc. These products are then shipped off and sold to stores all over Jamaica and numerous other countries. Much of their energy is generated through solar electricity, and all of their resources come from the environment around them. They grow all their own food as well, so this entire process is purely profit and the only outside source they need is a buyer, which they have plethora of. Quite the business model. They actually grew up in Michigan and have lived in Jamaica for the last 17 years, and even happen to have a son named Joshua…Hmmm…

For a mid-afternoon snack we had a sweet potato cake filled with raisins.  The friends then started talking about how they participated in the anti-Monsanto rally a few weeks back, and proceeded to have a very passionate conversation about GMO’s.

I tried Noni juice for the first time. Apparently this Noni is said to be one of the rare foods that is actually able to restore similar processes that sleep does. As interesting as that was, it was slightly bitter for my taste. 

As these friends leave, more come visit. This trend continues for the remainder of the afternoon and evening. The day is very relaxing and full of pleasant conversation.

As days start to repeat themselves, I will likely not be posting daily as it will not be as exciting to read and/or write. But when interesting things do happen I will be sure to mention them!