Rural Champions

Ms Rowan-Campbell has over twenty years of experience as an inspector and trainer in organic coffee production processes. She has worked as a consultant on sustainable development, gender and climate change adaptation. She has participated in advocacy and defence of the interests of small coffee producers. She has participated in the Jamaican Organic Agriculture Movement and in 2008 she was awarded by IUCN as a woman environmental entrepreneur.

• Development of a certified organic coffee farm.
• Experience offering training in organic production and climate change adaptation.
• Development of own brand called Rowan's Royale.
• Advocacy and representation of small coffee producers.
• Mentor and promoter of gender rights.
• Diversification of the business by offering farm tours and coffee tasting.

• Development of training processes on organic soil analysis techniques, production and elaboration of bio-inputs such as bio-pesticides, compost and bio-fertilisers.
• Planning and maintenance of organic coffee farms.
• Organisational management and development of associative processes.
• Member of Jamaica Women in Coffee.

• Development and marketing of its own brand of organic coffee Rowan's Royale.
• Establishment of certified organic farm.

• Master of Business Administration (MBA) at McGill University.
• Inspector training at the International Organic Inspector Association (IOIA).