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\"BahamianThe partnership moves us from dependence to innovation<\/h3>\n

The Bahamas Agricultural and Industrial Corporation (BAIC) and Canada-based manufacturing company Ontario Inc. signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) yesterday to launch a line of Red Scotch Bonnet pepper products under the Bahamian Heat brand.<\/p>\n

Jomo Campbell, minister of agriculture and marine resources, said the launch is a bold step forward in transforming Bahamian agriculture.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis MOU between the BAIC, Ontario Inc and Mr. Preston Drummond, marks the birth of Bahamian Heat, a line of premium hot sauces and consumer products that will take the flavors of our islands far beyond our shores.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ontario Inc. is a manufacturing and branding company out of Ontario, Canada, which distributes the Chetty\u2019s Hot Sauce brand. Chetty\u2019s was represented yesterday at the MOU signing event by its owner, Chris Chetty, who along with Preston Drummond, an American businessman living in Andros, decided to use Bahamian Red Scotch Bonnet pepper for Chetty\u2019s hot sauces.<\/p>\n

Campbell added: \u201cThis is a powerful union. On the one side Bahamian farmers, producing world-class peppers; our iconic Red Scotch Bonnet pepper, known as goat pepper; and on the other side Ontario Inc., with decades of expertise in manufacturing, branding and global distribution.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis partnership is not just about hot sauce. It is about transformation. Moving from dependence to innovation, from local stalls to global supermarkets. It is about foreign exchange, job creation and sustainable economic growth.\u201d<\/p>\n

The MOU will allow Ontario Inc. through Chetty\u2019s Hot Sauce to brand and distribute Bahamian Heat hot sauces globally.<\/p>\n

The brand paves the way for the international recognition of Bahamian excellence<\/h3>\n

Darron Pickstock, executive chairman of the BAIC, said: \u201cThis signing represents the opening of a lane of new opportunities. These opportunities will touch the hands of our farmers who grow the crops, our food processors who add value, our truckers and shippers who move the foods, our retailers who bring them to market, and indeed the entire agricultural value chain of our nation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cThis partnership between the BAIC, Ontario Inc. and Mr. Preston Drummond marks the beginning of a bold step into the global marketplace.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy cultivating locally grown Red Scotch Bonnet peppers and transforming them into a premium line of products under the co-branded identity Bahamian Heat, we are planting seeds that will bear fruit not only for our economy, but for the pride of our people and the international recognition of Bahamian excellence.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Pickstock continued: \u201cFor far too long, we have held the belief that our food \u2013 which we hold dear as Bahamians \u2013 only had value within the shores of The Bahamas. But our culinary heritage tells a very different story.<\/p>\n

\u201cPepper sauces, pineapple jams, coconut jelly, tamarind sauce, guava duff, conch fritters, all of these speak loudly about what is uniquely and culturally Bahamian.\u201d<\/p>\n

Source: Nassau Guardian<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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