Empowering Caribbean Business Women: Meet Grace Foster-Reid

Grace manages and owns a Jamaican honey company, ECOFARMS, which produces Buzz Honey Wine & HoneyStix.

With a vision to employ 100 people and a budget for one full-time and seven part-time staff, Grace is also the Chief Beekeeper, Master Blender, Accountant and Research & Development Officer.

Grace is an MIT-trained Engineer who, in addition to working part-time at ECOFARMS, serves as a Project Manager for the National Water Commission's multimillion dollar infrastructure project.

Grace previously ran EnvironMed, an engineering consulting company where she managed several sustainable development projects. During her time at the local bauxite plants, she started as an Environmental Engineer and was promoted through the ranks to Technical Manager.

We recognise grace as an achieving Caribbean woman and wish her more success going forward.