Watercress Producers of Jamaica

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The address of our farm and processing facility: Address: Braes River District, Braes River P.O., St. Elizabeth, Jamaica W.I. Telephone: +1-876-292-8973 or +1--876-519-0766

When Sweetened with Honey,  this Super Juice Drink becomes not only Delicious but a Complete Meal.  Providing not only 15 essential nutrients but also the right calories for half of your working day. It makes you a much nicer person because you are not in a bad mood like when you drink coffee in the mornings. START YOUR DAY RIGHT WITH THE WATERCRESS REJUVENATOR JUICE DRINK.

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Watercress is a organically grown. Sold as it is or in the juice drink form. We also make a soap from it that helps fight acne and skin blemishes. It protects the cells of the body from free radical damage to the DNA which is one of the main causes for the development of cancer.

Our Colleagues -           Jamaica Exotic Flavours and Essences -           MCK JAM TV ( Telecommunications and Marketing Company in Canada ) -           Caribbean Earth Product Inc. ( General Manager Marie Cooper ) - 

The President and C.E.O. Joscelyn Benjamin The Company Secretary and Member of the Board of Directors Joslyn Benjamin

In the 1940’s, the late David Alexander Benjamin (Father of Joscelyn Charles Benjamin) was instrumental in the introduction of watercress to the Braes River Upper Morass Area where he worked and planted his crops. He grew dasheen, pak-choy, bananas, plantains, cocoa and many other crops. To grow watercress, he planted it along the rivers’ edge by digging drains from the main river to gently flow over the watercress plants to form a kind of nursery. He started to sell it along with his other crops similar to how callaloo is sold in bundles.             In the 1970’s, David’s eldest son (Trevor Benjamin) fell ill and he went to a doctor in Santa Cruz, (St. Elizabeth, Jamaica). The Doctor was a Chinese doctor who diagnosed Trevor (a 16 year old at the time) with a chronic heart problems and he prescribed watercress in the diet as a remedy. The doctor told him to harvest it and then make it into a juice/drink. Then, he told him to drink it every other day for 2 weeks.             When

Goshen Caribbean Food and Beverage Processing Limited is a company incorporated in Jamaica, with its registered office at Braes River District, in St. Elizabeth. The company has contracted the manufacturing and bottling of the watercress juice to Jamaica Exotic Flavours & Essences CO. LTD. The company will be responsible for the distribution and marketing of the watercress juice primarily to North America, Europe, Caribbean, the Jamaica Hotel Industry and returning residents in Manchester and St. Elizabeth. The company intends to access capital through loans from the local banks of Jamaica to develop and market various flavours. The company intends to export 60% of its produce to North America and the other 40% to Jamaica and the wider Caribbean.

Watercress Rorripa Nasturtium Acquaticum is a member of the Cruciferae (or Brassicaceae) family, and therefore related to broccoli, cabbage, brussel sprouts, cauliflower, rocket and radish. Cultivated in pure spring water, its health benefits have been known since ancient times. It is believed to have originated in Greece and remains an integral part of Mediterranean diets. In 500BC, Hippocrates, the father of medicine, is said to have located his first hospital close to a stream to ensure fresh watercress to help treat his patients. As a longstanding British favourite, it has been used in herbal remedies from the 1600s, and has been commercially cultivated since the 1800s. Watercress is part of the fruit and vegetable food group, with 80g (one cereal bowl full) providing one of the ‘at least five a day’ portions recommended by the Department of Health to help reduce the risk of some cancers, cardiovascular disease and many other chronic conditions. No single food can maintain and p

Video of Watercress Growing on the rivers edge where it was planted. It only takes 3 or 4 weeks to mature.

Some pictures of the watercres plant after reaping.

Joscelyn Benjamin showing off some freshly reaped or freshly harvested watercress. Watercress plus other ingredients to make the juice drink so much more tasty and delicious.