Our commitment to The Bahamas is unwavering as we move from relief feeding to building resilience.

World Central Kitchen responded to the devastation caused by Hurricane Dorian in September 2019 with our #ChefsForBahamas operation in The Bahamas. Over the course of the next seven months, our Chef Relief Team cooked and served more than 4 million meals to residents of Abaco, Grand Bahama, and families who sought refuge in shelters in Nassau.

As in Puerto Rico after Hurricane María, we made a long-term commitment to strengthening local foods systems in The Bahamas through the Food Producer Network. Our goal is to support the farmers, fishers, and food-related small businesses of Abaco and Grand Bahama with direct grants to help them rebuild their operations and get back to their pre-Dorian production levels – and hopefully surpass them. We work with our grantees, chefs, restaurants, food sellers, community organizations, non-profits, and the Bahamian Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries to build a stronger and more sustainable food economy in times of calm, and a more resilient food system in preparation for the next disaster.

Applications for the Food Producer Network in The Bahamas open twice a year, in the spring and fall. For more information, please contact us at fpn@wck.org.

FPN by the numbers:

$ 3.7+ Million

Awarded via 234 grants

7,900+

Hours of learning and networking

1,015+

Volunteers on farms and at events

THE BAHAMAS Grantees

Get to Know the Grantees

2020 Grantees

Abaco Big Bird Ltd

This family-owned farm began operating in 1995 and today Abaco Big Bird is the largest poultry farm and supplier in The Bahamas, providing fresh poultry to local grocery stores, restaurants, resorts, and farm visitors via their onsite store. 

Abaco Neem Limited

Husband and wife team Nick and Daphne Miaoulis are self-taught farmers who run Abaco Neem, the only certified organic farm in The Bahamas.

Anderson Davis

Anderson has been a self-employed fisherman for more than thirty years, becoming a Class B boat captain and operating both large and small vessels.

Bella’s Seafood

Bella’s Seafood, owned by Cecil Stuart, specializes in stone crab claw fishing, a sustainable fishing practice in which the fishers only remove the crab’s largest claw and then return it to the sea to regenerate its missing claw.

C&T Fishing

Tanique Brutus grew up in a fishing family, learning to free dive and spearfish. She is now she is a Certified PADI Divemaster and a licensed boat captain, and her business C&T Fishing has become a steady source of not only food, but income as well.

Carlton George

Carlton George is a young commercial fisherman catching and selling lobster, conch, and scalefish, bringing in about 200 pounds of lobster or 400 fresh fish, on a good day.

Coral Vita

Sam Teicher and Gator Halpern started Coral Vita, a for-profit model for large-scale reef restoration, launching the world’s first commercial land-based coral farm in Freeport, Bahamas.

Driftwood Food Company

Glen and Tracy operate an entirely off-grid 25-acre farm where they produce leafy greens, sweet peppers, tomatoes, beans, cauliflower, broccoli, cucumbers, eggplant, and herbs.

Duncanson Farms

With more than 54 years of experience in the agricultural industry, Bert Duncanson owns Duncanson Farms where he currently grows tomatoes, cabbage, peppers, lettuce, and melons and raises pigs, goats, sheep, poultry, and eggs.

Fox Town Stone Crab

Okeyno Thompson has grown his business to include a fleet of three boats, plus large chest coolers to store the daily catch, and has recently begun purchasing stone crab from other local fishermen in the community to be sold to fish houses.

Fritzroy Thompson

Fritzroy Thompson has been supplying Freeport restaurants and the local community with fresh-from-the-sea fish, conch, lobsters, and stone crab claws for 19 years.

Gale Force

A fisherman since he was a boy, Jonathan Carroll now employs two commercial fishing vessels, and a crew of four mates and another captain, to fish and trap grouper, lobster, snapper, and stone crab.

Gedeon’s Farm

Brenda and Tigedeon turned their more than 50 years of agricultural experience into a business when they started Gedeon's Farm in 2001. They raise livestock and grow crops such as watermelon, peppers, eggplant, and avocado, and also run a thriving sauce business.

Grand Bahama Backyard Farmers

Luckner Timothee, a backyard farmer and beekeeper, lost all his hives to Hurricane Dorian. He is now working to grow and harvest enough to again sell honey, other hive products, fruits, and vegetables at the farmers’ market and to school programs.

Henry Duncombe Farms

Henry Duncombe has been farming for more than 20 years, and throughout that time has specialized in Cavendish bananas, plantains, finger peppers, goat peppers, eggs, and small ruminant animal husbandry.

Local Organics Limited

Tiffany Dennison and Way Hall formed Local Organics Limited to use alternative farming methods like aquaponics and hydroponics to both produce their own crops for sale, and to advise and educate other farmers.

Lowe's Fish Market

Karen and Robert fish year-round according to the seasons, selling their catch to local restaurants, hotels, tourists, grocery stores, and wholesalers Gedeon's Farm.

M/V Lisa Bain

Hope and Curtis Major went into business together when they met in 2002. They sell grouper, snapper, lobster, and stone crab to local wholesalers and retailers.

Mjolnir Sea Foods

Mjolnir Seafood is a small family business based out of Grand Bahama. They sell stone crab, spiny lobster, scale fish and more to local wholesalers, retailers, restaurants, and farmers’ markets.

Perseverance Investment Limited

As its name implies, Perseverance Investment Limited has persevered through it all--Wilson Tusant, the proprietor of this family-owned business, catches conch, grouper, lobster, snapper, and stone crab.

Rowan Higgs' Farm

Rowan Higgs’ Farm was founded 20 years ago, initially growing only mangoes and avocados but expanding over the years to also produce limes, sugar-apples, and more than 200 other fruit trees.

Sunflower Farms

Vashti remembers from the age of six learning how to farm alongside her grandparents—now she’s the one who teaches primary school students about farming, animal care, and production on her leased property, Sunflower Farms.

Terrence Albury Fishing

Terrence and his brother fish together most days on their 23-foot boat, deep-sea fishing for mahi-mahi and wahoo, or spearfishing for grouper, hogfish, and mutton snapper.