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“Brigadas de Semillas” Sign
Sign welcoming volunteers to the PR Resiliency Fund’s Seed Brigade.
Bean Seeds
Don Luis Soto of Finca Mi Casa showing us some of the first seeds ready for saving have been planted immediately after the passing of Hurricane Maria.
Bean Seeds Sprouting at Finca Mi Casa
Photo sent to Raíces Crew Members by the Seed Huntress, Sefra Alexander upon visiting Don Luis Soto at Finca Mi Casa on her hunt to preserve seed and exchange knowledge of seed saving. This was a patch of bean seeds planted by Don Luis sand Raíces…
Categorizing Seeds
One of the main projects the day the Raíces Crew attended the Seed Brigade was developing and implementing a categorizing and storage system for seed donations.
Collapsed Greenhouses
Collapsed greenhouses were a common site post-Hurricane María.
Don Luis and Doña Carmen
Don Luis Soto and his wife Doña Carmen with some of the seed donations given to their farm as part of the Raíces Sustainable Disaster Relief Support Initiative.
Don Luis and Doña Carmen Soto - Finca Mi Casa
Don Luis Soto and his wife Doña Carmen live on their farm Finca Mi Casa, in the coastal area of Camuy, Puerto Rico. Don Luis maintains one of the only USDA certified organic farms on the island of Puerto Rico. He is a retired agronomist and in his…
Global Seed Relief Volunteers
Seed Brigade volunteers were from around the world. At the brigade, Raíces crew members met volunteers from San Juan, Santurce, Brooklyn, Maine, Massachusettes, Israel, Germany and beyond. The seed relief work was done thanks to many helping hands…
Green House Growing Post-María
The greenhouse at Finca Mi Casa was cleaned up and planted immediately after Hurricane María hit the island of Puerto Rico. Four months later, when the Raíces crew visited the farm, there were vegetables and seeds ready for harvest. The roof of the…
Growing Gandules
Gandules, or pigeon peas, growing on trellises in the mountains of San Sebastian.
International Seed Volunteers
Volunteers from around the world work under the direction of Mara Nieves who is coordinating the PR Resiliency Fund’s Semiteca seed bank project.
Kari
The first time the Raíces crew met Jariksa Valle Feliciano, or Kari, was in 2012 at Plenitud PR, where she was living and working on the Plenitud permaculture farm and eco-education center. During the storm, Kari was living back in her hometown of…
Mini Seed Banks
These toolboxes serve as the first set of mini-seed banks to be distributed to participating schools from the Semiteca program. Schools participating in this program will receive seed and seed saving education guidance, as well as agricultural…
Planting Beans
Raíces Cultural Center Director Francisco G. Gómez planting bean seeds at Finca Mi Casa. The earth was prepared for planting by hand and the seeds will be grown out to be saved and shared.
Raíces Crew at Finca Mi Casa
Raíces Cultural Center Director Francisco G. Gómez and EcoCulture Coordinator Nicole Wines with Don Luis Soto at Finca Mi Casa. During this visit, it was decided that the Raíces Disaster Relief Fund would providing the donation for the remainder of…
Seed Distribution at Finca Mi Casa
Don Luis Soto of Finca Mi Casa choosing seeds to grow from the donations that were sent with Raíces Cultural Center on our initial Disaster Relief Support Trip.
Seed Donations
Seeds and other sustainable disaster relief donations given to friend of Raíces Jariksa Valle Feliciano.
Seed Donations for Puerto Rican Seed Savers
Seeds meant for cooler climates were set aside for more experienced growers and seed savers who could attempt to grow out and adapt the seeds to local growing conditions. This would increase the biodiversity of local crops that are available in the…
Seed Envelopes
Seed envelopes made by Raíces Disaster Relief Trip Volunteer Christina Proxenos to donate to the Semiteca program. These were distributed to some of the schools receiving Semiteca boxes for use in seed saving.
Seed Relief at the Brigada de Semillas
Seed Huntress Sefra Alexander and Semiteca project volunteer Luz Cruz looking through the Hudson Valley Seed Company donations the Raíces crew brought to the Seed Brigade.
Seed Relief for Puerto Rico
Some of the seed that was donated to Raíces Cultural Center’s PR Sustainable Relief Support efforts.
Seed Storage
Seeds that were sorted for distribution were categorized into a bucket system that would make it easy to access different types of seeds on demand.
Seeds for Marco Ayala Lind
Sharing seeds with Marco Ayala Lind for his home garden.
Seeds for Puerto Rico Relief
Seeds chosen by Don Luis Soto for planting and saving at Finca Mi Casa as part of the Raíces Sustainable Disaster Relief Support Initiative.
Seeds for Schools
Volunteers at the PR Resiliency Fund sorting through Hudson Valley Seed Company art packs. These art packs were designated to mainly be donated to schools through the Semiteca program of mini-seed bank and seed saving education. The designation of…