Carribean Ginger

Free World Trade´s goal is to be able to add to the food global supply using eco-friendly practices, making organic products affordable. This is a family run business that makes it a priority to put forward the interest of the farmers, and becoming a pathway for multiple islands in the Caribbean to be represented.

Among the company´s key clients we find some of the largest retail stores and food distributors in the United States. Apart from expanding its presence in the United States, Free World Trade would like to find customers in Canada and in the Middle East.

Free World Trade is developing an innovative technique in which it uses renewable energy to cool containers in which it stores the product, before shipping it.

The ginger is packed in breathable plastic bags, and then in 14kg cardboard boxes. The shipment is done from the Port of Kingston, and by the local airport if airfreight is required.

Free World Trade works with the Ministry of Agriculture for its quality checks. Before the product leaves the land, it is inspected at an FDA certified location, where cleaning and packaging is inspected by the Ministry of Agriculture according to international standards.

Free World Trade is certified by the USDA, HACCP and it is in process of being certified Global Gap and Organic.

Free World Trade works with 27 partner farms located in Saint Vincent and eight other islands. The farms go from 10 to 2500 acres of land, and have between 5 and 10 workers in the process. The cultivation is done using eco-friendly techniques and using no GMOs, pesticides or chemical products. The ginger has natural antiseptic properties and doesn´t need any type of those products to be preserved.

The cultivation is done on a 12-month cycle continuous rotation, with a 12-month cycle in which there are yields every month, but with larger quantities from January to May and from August to January. Although it is mostly manual labor, the process is increasingly including the use of automated pickers and other equipment.

Free World Trade offers ginger from the Caribbean, unique and different from the ones cultivated in other parts of the world. Thanks to the rich soil with a lot of nutrients, and the sunny weather, the product is larger in size, very fresh, with a smoother and sweeter flavor. Cultivated in farms located in Saint Vincent and eight other islands, this ginger is ideal for baking, cooking, or preparing beverages.

The product can last up to 15 days if properly stored, and samples can be arranged upon request.