WEST BRATTLEBORO — Southern Vermont orchards and vegetable farms are rallying support and money for their Jamaican farm workers, whose homes and farms have been devastated if not destroyed by ...

November marks the end of Vermont’s apple season, a time when hundreds of Jamaican orchard workers typically prepare to head back home. But after Hurricane Melissa, this year is anything but typical.

A Maine business owner is collecting donated goods to send to Jamaica following Hurricane Melissa. The Seacoast region's seasonal workforce is largely composed of Jamaican workers whose families have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Vermonters for decades have depended on hundreds of Jamaican seasonal workers each year to tend, pick and package local apples, ...

As powerful Hurricane Melissa batters Jamaica, some Granite Staters are caught in the middle of it. While a Nashua woman on vacation in Jamaica is trying to ride out the storm, a New Hampshire farm is ...

GUILFORD, Conn. (WFSB) - An apple orchard on Connecticut is supporting their Jamaican workers after Hurricane Melissa ripped through the island. At Bishop’s Orchards Farm Market in Guilford, 100% of ...

GUELPH, ON, Feb. 9, 2026 /CNW/ - A new program has been launched by the government of Jamaica to provide scholarships to the children of Jamaicans working on Ontario fruit and vegetable farms through ...