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Opportunities for Caribbean Women in Agri-Food Business
By: Yolanda Pawar (CCO of OEF & CTI) Last week I had the opportunity to attend the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) – COLEAD’s Caribbean Agri-food Online Business Series. It was a timely presentation as we prepare to observe...
‘Placemaking’ Important to Engagement and Innovation
By: Dr. Kim Williams-Pulfer, OEF Board Director I recently had the opportunity to travel from my residence in the United States to visit Eleuthera and to join fellow One Eleuthera Foundation (OEF) Board members for our quarterly meeting at the Rock Sound campus....
A Good Diet is the Secret to Good Health
By: Dr. Selima Hauber An ancient Ayurvedic proverb states that ‘If diet is wrong, medicine is of no use. If diet is correct, medicine is of no need.’ The first time I heard this proverb I got goosebumps. During the pandemic lockdowns, I was on a journey of discovering...
A culture of Giving in The Bahamas
By: Keyron Smith COO of One Eleuthera Foundation Do Bahamians really give back like they should? As simple as this question sounds, it's more nuanced than we think. In my line of work, there are a lot of conversations about philanthropic giving in The Bahamas, and...
Food for Thought about Food Sustainability in The Bahamas
By: Tim Hauber I recently came across a document that I wrote in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic when the world was in turmoil due to lockdowns and many of the distributions systems that we took for granted for many years were shutting down. Many persons were...
Break The Status Quo
BY: Yolanda Pawar “Now more than ever, Eleuthera, The Bahamas and the region needs the ‘OEFs’ of the world – organizations that are willing to disrupt the status quo and partner with like-minded individuals and institutions to tackle some of the toughest challenges...
My Bahamian Journey
By: Lane Glaze My first visit to the Bahamas took place nearly twenty years ago, in the spring of 2003. But when I reminisce over the twists and turns my life has taken over the...
Healthful Holiday Dining
By: Selima Hauber ‘It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas,’ and there is so much to be excited about this year. Our country’s premier national festival, Junkanoo, is back! Holiday house hopping will once again be in full effect – boiled fish breakfast at the...
