Trip Advisor Traveler’s Choice Award 2025
Jacana Farm Tours selected as the #1 Travellers’ Choice 2025 for things to do in Ocho Rios. Our exclusive farm tour showcases nature’s medicine in true JACANA style from our 100-acre farm in the mountains of St. Ann. Witness the powers of nature and learn about how we passionately produce the purest, happiest, most natural […]
JACANA opens first-of-its-kind wellness store at Princess Resorts in Hanover
WESTERN BUREAU: Jamaica’s premier wellness brand, JACANA, which is highly revered for its innovative range of cannabis by-products, has taken a bold step into retail with the recent opening of its first storefront at the new Princess Resorts in Hanover. The new retail space, situated at the ‘Princess Senses The Mangrove’, marks a significant milestone […]
Cannabis Trader Alexandra Chong Eyes UK for Joint Venture
Jamaican Rastafarians’ fondness for “the wisdom weed” helped to make the Caribbean island the centre of cannabis culture. Thanks to a British businesswoman, part of its legendary crop has now been exported legally for the first time. Alexandra Chong, 37, a former internet entrepreneur, was behind Jamaica’s first legitimate shipment of cannabis flower buds and […]
Jamaican-Based Cannabis Firm Plots London Share Listing After Raising Initial £15m from High-Profile Angel Investors
A British company growing cannabis for medicinal use in Jamaica is considering an initial public offering on AIM later this year. Jacana, founded by Alexandra Chong, raised an initial £15million from high-profile angel investors including Passion Capital co-founder Eileen Burbidge, venture capitalist Bill Tai and former Microsoft marketing head Mich Mathews-Spradlin. Each put their own […]