Caribbean Food Crops Society

The Caribbean Food Crops Society is a regional professional and agricultural association serving people involved in food-crop research, agronomy, and related agricultural work in countries and territories around the Caribbean Sea. Its purpose is to provide a forum in which specialists can meet, exchange research findings, and address shared agricultural concerns affecting the region. The society emerged in 1963, when Richard Marshall Bond, director of the United States Department of Agriculture’s Experimental Station on St. Croix in the United States Virgin Islands, and Arnold Krochmal, the station’s assistant director, founded the organization. Its creation reflected the importance of agriculture to Caribbean economies and the need for cooperation across territories that often face similar production, soil, climate, pest, crop-development, and food-supply challenges. Rather than operating as a consumer-facing agricultural brand, the society functions as a convening and knowledge-sharing institution. Its constituency includes agronomists, agricultural scientists, extension specialists, government officials, and others working with food crops. The organization’s regional scope allows participants to compare local experiences and research results across different Caribbean environments while discussing common objectives for agricultural development. The society held its first annual meeting in 1964 at the Sandy Lane Hotel in Barbados. Annual meetings became a central expression of its role, creating an established setting for presentations, professional exchange, and discussion of agricultural priorities. Conference-related materials, including an abstract record for the 1977 meeting, indicate the society’s continuing connection to formal agricultural research communication. Available reference material does not identify a commercial product portfolio, corporate parent, public listing, financial results, or a current leadership roster. The society is therefore best understood as a regional professional association rather than a conventional commercial brand. Its institutional significance lies in facilitating communication among agricultural experts and supporting collaboration on Caribbean food-crop issues. Publicly available information in the supplied sources is limited, so details about its current legal status, headquarters, membership structure, present-day programs, and recent activities require further verification.

The Caribbean Food Crops Society was established in 1963 to support communication and cooperation among people working in agriculture and food-crop production around the Caribbean Sea. Its creation is associated with Richard Marshall Bond and Arnold Krochmal, who were respectively director and assistant director of the United States Department of Agriculture’s Experimental Station on St. Croix in the United States Virgin Islands. The society arose in a region where agriculture has historically been a major part of economic life and where neighboring countries and territories frequently confront related agricultural questions. These include the production of food crops under tropical and subtropical conditions, the transfer of research findings between islands and mainland territories, and the coordination of professional objectives among scientists, agronomists, and agricultural institutions. The organization provided a regional setting for discussions that could not be addressed as effectively through isolated national programs. Its first annual meeting took place in 1964 at the Sandy Lane Hotel in Barbados. The annual-meeting format became an important part of the society’s identity, giving members and other specialists an opportunity to present work, compare experiences, and discuss practical and research priorities. The existence of an abstract record for the 1977 Caribbean Food Crops Society conference indicates that the organization continued to support structured agricultural research communication during the 1970s. The society’s work is primarily institutional and professional rather than commercial. It does not appear in the supplied material as a producer or seller of branded consumer goods. Instead, its role is to connect people engaged in agricultural research and practice and to provide a forum for shared concerns and objectives related to Caribbean food crops. The available reference material does not provide a complete chronology of later meetings, changes in governance, membership numbers, headquarters, current programs, or present leadership. Consequently, the historical record that can be stated with confidence is concentrated on the society’s foundation, its early annual-meeting activity, and its regional agricultural mission. Further archival or official-source research would be needed to document its subsequent development and current operations.

• 1977

  Conference abstract record documented

  [1]Caribbean Food Crops Societyen.wikipedia.org

  A reference to an abstract record for the 1977 Caribbean Food Crops Society conference documents the organization’s continuing involvement in agricultural research communication.

• 1964

  First annual meeting held in Barbados

  [1]Caribbean Food Crops Societyen.wikipedia.org

  The society held its inaugural annual meeting at the Sandy Lane Hotel in Barbados, establishing the meeting-based exchange that became central to its regional professional role.

• 1963

  Society founded

  [1]Caribbean Food Crops Societyen.wikipedia.org

  Richard Marshall Bond and Arnold Krochmal founded the Caribbean Food Crops Society in the United States Virgin Islands context, where they worked at the United States Department of Agriculture’s Experimental Station on St. Croix.

A regional professional forum for collaboration, research exchange, and discussion among Caribbean food-crop and agricultural specialists.

• Professional conference · 1964

  Annual meetings

  The society’s annual meetings provide a venue for agronomists, agricultural researchers, and other food-crop specialists to meet, present work, exchange regional experience, and discuss shared agricultural priorities. The first recorded meeting took place in Barbados in 1964.

• Professional knowledge service · 1963

  Agricultural research and knowledge exchange

  The society facilitates communication among people working in Caribbean agriculture. Its knowledge-sharing role covers research discussion and the exchange of perspectives on food-crop production and related agricultural concerns across countries and territories bordering the Caribbean Sea.

1. 1Caribbean Food Crops Societyen.wikipedia.org