Etiqueta: hurricane maria
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In Puerto Rico, Activists Transform Abandoned Land To Build Food Sovereignty
This article was published in NextCity on September 19, 2022. Read full version here. Versión en español aquí. The structure of an old sugar mill sits in a once-abandoned parcel of land in Ponce, a city along Puerto Rico’s southern coast. Believed to be owned by the Puerto Rico Department of Housing, the space was…
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Obstacles Puerto Rican Farmers Faced after Hurricane Maria: Information for Future Adaptation Strategies
Versión en español aquí. This is the English version of an Op-Ed published in El Nuevo Día on March 24, 2021 (open access here). The title here was modified. Literal translation: «Obstacles post-Maria: Future Strategies for Agriculture. The challenges that Puerto Rico has faced due to hurricanes, although painful, could serve as a source of…