Red Diamond Compost Inc. is proud to announce that Founder & CEO Joshua Forte has been named one of eight global finalists in the Youth Ecopreneur Programme (YECO), a joint initiative of the International Trade Centre and the G20 Global Land Initiative under the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification. The finals will take place at ...
As we step into 2025, we at Red Diamond Compost are taking a moment to reflect on an eventful and transformative 2024. This past year was filled with meaningful partnerships, groundbreaking initiatives, and significant recognitions, all of which have positioned us for an even more impactful future. From exploring regenerative farming practices to p...
Joshua Forte of Red Diamond Compost Inc. Reflects on Inspiring Participation at One Young World Summit 2023 Founder & CEO of Red Diamond Compost Inc. delivers a powerful message on sustainable agriculture during the Food Crisis Plenary at the One Young World Summit in Belfast, leaving a lasting impact on global leaders. Barbados, October 7, 202...
As a social enterprise on a mission to positively impact the world, we continue to build global partnerships with like-minded changemakers. Having this in mind, Red Diamond Compost took the opportunity to apply to this year's Thought For Food Challenge. The TFF Challenge is the world's largest and most diverse agri-food-tech innovation challe...
WE OFTEN THINK of crude oil and the oil industry when we hear of "Black Gold". However, it may be time to shift our perspectives on what we value. Innovator, world changer, scientist and next-generation "Guardian of the Earth", Joshua Forte is on a mission to ensure that "Every living person on this planet can easily access the most nutrient-dense ...
Sargassum Webinar: International Coastal Cleanup Day In order to better understand how we can effectively manage the influx of Sargassum, the National Environment & Planning Agency has partnered with a multidisciplinary team from the Faculty of Science and Technology at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus. The team has been con...
Report on the BLOOM cleantech cluster meetings and training for Barbadian experts in Austria, Sweden and Denmark from 6th to 8th September 2022 Since 2018, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), with funding from the Global Environment Facility (GEF), is implementing the project "Strategic platform to promote sustainable en...
Entrepreneur showing that agriculture remains viable. What started out as a simple search on how to grow nutritious food for his pet iguana, soon resulted in Joshua Forte starting a biotechnology firm – Red Diamond Compost – albeit on a bootstrap budget and strong support from his family. "I was trying to figure out how I could grow food for my igu...
Sargassum seaweed has blighted many of the beaches on Barbados for several years. Joshua Forte, a local entrepreneur, is convinced that it can be turned into a valuable commodity, and turned into highly effective, organic compost. In 2014, Mr. Forte started Red Diamond Compost, a biotech business that focuses on research, development, and the...
Red Diamond Compost Inc. CEO, Joshua Forte, has emerged victorious at the Barbados National Youth Awards 2023, receiving the prestigious Canewood Award. The award recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to agriculture, horticulture, the environment, or agro-processing. Mr. Forte, who is also a member of the Bloom Cleantech Cl...
A Barbadian agricultural entrepreneur is making the invasive and destructive sargassum seaweed into big business, turning it into plant fertilizer, using it to develop food for the Caribbean. From Sargassum to Liquid Sunshine A Barbadian agricultural entrepreneur is making the invasive and destructive sargassum seaweed into big business, turn...
Barbados' soil health seems to have hit an all-time low on all counts, which has led to an unprecedented address in the islands' House of Assembly. The hot topic on the table is soil health and biodiversity. Farmers are now reaping from decades use of toxic synthetic agrochemicals, overdependence on synthetic fertilisers and intensive tillage-based...
I would say that Red Diamond has been well received and even more encouraged to expand to Guyana by our Guyanese brothers and sisters." Joshua Forte, Founder & CEORed Diamond CEO meets CARICOM heads of government at Agri-Investment Forum & Expo in Guyana Red Diamond Compost Inc. founder and CEO Joshua Forte attended the inaugural CARICOM Ag...
The Cleantech Cluster Barbados (BLOOM) awarded grants of BDS$20,000 to five companies from its incubator programme on Tuesday 11 January 2022. Launched in 2018, BLOOM is a landmark initiative for the Barbados Investment and Development Corporation, currently trading as Export Barbados (BIDC), that seeks to promote cleantech entrepreneurship and the...
A Barbadian company, Red Diamond Compost Inc, is among 15 individuals and groups that have been awarded for making a major impact on communities, countries and regions of the Commonwealth, with their innovative solutions. Barbadian Company among 15 Commonwealth Innovators Awarded for work on Sustainability A Barbadian company, Red Diamond Com...
The Global Entrepreneurs Summit (GES2019), held in The Hague, the Netherlands last June 3-5, with more than 1,700 corporate executives and government officials and 300 investors from 130 different countries, including 2 entrepreneurs from Barbados. With over 16,000 applicants this year, the international conference, co-hosted by the US Department o...