Research and development
Understanding what Jamaican genetics can do.
Our research programme sits alongside the farm rather than in place of it. We run open field trials, select and stabilise cultivars, characterise their chemistry and share that data with clinical and academic partners so prescribing decisions rest on evidence.
Programme
Four active workstreams.
Each workstream produces documentation that feeds directly into supply. Nothing is researched in isolation from the material we ship.
Landrace preservation
Collection, propagation and record keeping for heritage Jamaican genetics that have adapted to local soil and light over decades. Seed lines are maintained and catalogued rather than replaced with imported stock.
Cultivar selection
Phenotype trials across multiple field blocks, scored for yield, resin density, cannabinoid ratio, terpene profile and resilience to tropical pest and mould pressure.
Analytical characterisation
Potency, terpene and contaminant testing through accredited laboratories, building a chemical fingerprint per cultivar and per season rather than a single release figure.
Clinical collaboration
Partnerships in development with clinicians and research institutions on indication specific formats, dosing guidance and observational data collection in Caribbean patient populations.
Field trials
Trials run in the ground, not in a rig.
Because our production is soil based and open air, our trials are too. Plots are planted in the same conditions as commercial blocks, so results transfer directly to the next season rather than only holding under controlled conditions.
- Replicated plots per cultivar with blank plot identifiers
- Soil, rainfall and temperature logged across the season
- Standardised scoring at vegetative, flowering and harvest stages
- Separate drying and curing per plot to avoid cross contamination
- Laboratory panels on each plot, not pooled samples
- Results reviewed before a cultivar enters commercial production
Chemistry
Data that clinicians can use.
A Certificate of Analysis proves a lot is safe. A cultivar dossier explains what it does. We build both, so prescribers can match a product to an indication instead of working from strain names.
- Cannabinoid profile including minor cannabinoids where present
- Terpene panel with dominant and secondary compounds
- Contaminant screening for microbials, heavy metals and pesticides
- Season over season variance recorded per cultivar
- Stability observations through drying, curing and storage
- Dossiers shared with clinical partners under agreement
Partner with the programme
We work with universities, clinicians and licensed producers who need trial material, analytical data or a compliant route to move research quantities across borders.
- Research quantity supply under CLA authorisation
- Cultivar dossiers and batch level analytical data
- Import and export permits for research shipments
- Joint trial design on cultivation and post harvest questions
- Observational data collection with clinical partners
Interested in a research collaboration?
Send us the question you are trying to answer. We will tell you what material, data and permits we can put behind it.