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Eggplant at Finca Consciencia
Eggplant almost ready for harvest just 6 months after Hurricane María devastated the island. One of the effects of the storm was highlighting the need for local food systems, one of the problems Finca Consciencia works to address as the only…
Interplanting
While new banana trees will take a few years to reach maturity, other crops can be interplanted in between the seedlings in a newly planted field to take advantage of the space and the sun. In this field, Finca Consciencia grows eggplants in between…
New Fields
New fields planted for banana production after Hurricane María at Finca Consciencia.
View from the Fields at Finca Consciencia
View from the fields at Finca Consciencia, an agro-ecological farm on the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico.
Jorge Cora
Jorge Cora - caretaker, farmer, beekeeper at Finca Consciencia.
Pomegranate Tree
Pomegranate tree with fruit growing at Finca Consciencia in Vieques, Puerto Rico.
AgroEcology
Fruit and nut trees are interplanted amongst row crops at Finca Consciencia.
Higüera Tree at Finca Consciencia
Higüera tree growing near the entrance to Finca Consciencia in Vieques, Puerto Rico.
Entrance to Finca Consciencia
The entrance gate to Finca Consciencia in Vieques, Puerto Rico.
Plenitud Eco-Educational Initiatives Interview Excerpt
8/27/13
Las Marías, Puerto Rico
Raíces Cultural Center Directors visited Plenitude Eco-Educational Initiatives farm "Tres Amigos" and spoke with some of the members of the organization about Plenitud and Tres Amigos, permaculture, sustainable…
Las Marías, Puerto Rico
Raíces Cultural Center Directors visited Plenitude Eco-Educational Initiatives farm "Tres Amigos" and spoke with some of the members of the organization about Plenitud and Tres Amigos, permaculture, sustainable…
Relief, Renewal, Resilience: Reflections on Hurricane María and her Aftermath - Trailer
Trailer for the Raíces Cultural Center documentary Relief, Renewal, Resilience: Reflections on Hurricane María and her Aftermath. The documentary was premiered in the Spring of the 2019 at the Forum Theater in Metuchen, New Jersey.
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The Seed Huntress
Sefra Alexander, The Seed Huntress, sorting seed packets donated by Hudson Valley Seed Library at the PR Resilience Fund’s week long Seed Brigade.
Seed Brigade Volunteers
Seed brigade volunteers sorting seed for distribution by the PR Resilience Fund. Bulk donations had to be separated into individual seed packets for distribution. The help of dozens of volunteers every day for a week made it possible to ge the seeds…
Art Packs
Art packs from Hudson Valley Seed Company donations were set aside specifically for schools. The art packs would allow those teaching agriculture to integrate the arts into their activities and lessons. This is essential because art and music classes…
Sorting Seeds for Semitecas
Sorting seeds sent by Hudson Valley Seed Company for Semitecas, or mini seed banks. These mini seed banks are designated for schools. Due to a lack of funding, schools in Puerto Rico no longer offer music and art so Hudson Valley Seed Library seed…
Categorizing
Raíces Volunteer Crew Member Christina Proxenos categorizing seeds for distribution by the PR Resilience Fund into a system designed for storage and transportation in donated buckets.
Seed Envelopes
Seed brigade volunteer labeling seed envelopes to split bulk packages of seed for distribution.
Sorting Seeds for Donation
Some of the seed donations that came to the PR Resilience Fund were in bulk packages and had to be sorted, separated into smaller envelopes and labeled. Volunteers from all over the world worked for five days to get the seeds sorted and ready for…
Working at the Seed Brigade
Volunteers Rahnawn and Gregory sort seed donations for school seed banks.
Sorting Seeds at the PR Resilience Fund’s Seed Brigade
Volunteer and San Juan resident Rahnawn Littles sorting a set of seeds from Hudson Valley Seed Library for donation to school gardens, organic farms and agroecology projects, community gardens, and home growers throughout the island of Puerto Rico.
Fresh Harvested Starfruit
Tobias Knight, a visitor to Plenitud PR during a service learning exchange with St. Thomas University’s VISIONS program. This is the first time Tobias saw or tried eating a starfruit.
Permaculture Farm
Plenitud PR is an organic farm based on permaculture principles and techniques. Through a variety of growing and sustainability practices, including creating a food forest, rainwater harvesting, greenhouse production, terraced farming, raised beds,…
View Across the Food Forest
When looking out over the food forest on Plenitud’s mountainside, you can see across to the tents at the campsite above the food forest.
Starfruit
Starfruit ready to harvest just three months after Hurricane María devastated the island of Puerto Rico. The renewal and resiliency of nature is amazing.
Terraced Food Forest
Pathway through two mountainside terraced garden beds. The terraced beds are planted on counter and designed to help control the flow and absorption of water from rainfall. Because of the terraforming and water management techniques that Plenitud…