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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 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.
Turning Soil at Finca Mi Casa
While at Finca Mi Casa, the Raíces crew members on the Sustainable Disaster Relief Support Trip learned about preparing the soil by hand and spent time preparing and planting a bed of beans for seed saving.
Seeds for Tainasoy
Noemi Chaparro of Tainasoy Apiario and Villa Bonuco Earthship looking through seeds she received from Raíces when crew members visited her farm and apiary. Seeds included pollinator friendly flowers to provide food for the bees and other pollinators.…
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.
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…
“Brigadas de Semillas” Sign
Sign welcoming volunteers to the PR Resiliency Fund’s Seed Brigade.
Seeds for Marco Ayala Lind
Sharing seeds with Marco Ayala Lind for his home garden.
Sharing Seeds
The Raíces Disaster Relief Support Crew stopped to take a quick photo of a collapsed greenhouse in the outskirts of Lares As they did a car came up the driveway. It turned out to be the owner of the property, Olga Perez. Olga’s husband is an…
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.
Sorting Seeds at the Seed Brigade
Raíces Disaster Relief Trip Volunteer Christina Proxenos working with local residents to sort seed donations for distribution to sustainable farmers, agroecokogy projects, community gardens, ands school gardens.
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.
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.
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…
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…
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…
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 Donations
Seeds and other sustainable disaster relief donations given to friend of Raíces Jariksa Valle Feliciano.
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…
Greenhouse Repairs for Finca Mi Casa
While visiting Finca Mi Casa, Raíces crew members assessed the remaining damage and needs on the farm and decided to fund the repair of the greenhouse, which is essential to the growing and seed saving operations at Finca Mi Casa.
Sorting Seed Donations
Sorting through seed donations at the PR Resiliency Fund’s “Brigada de Semillas” or Seed Brigade, held in Puerta de Tierra, San Juan from January 15-19, 2018. These seed donations, from Hudson Valley Seed Company, were being sorted for inclusion in…
Sorting Seed Donations
Raíces volunteer Christina Proxenos sorting through seed donations at the PR Resiliency Fund’s Seed Brigade.
Volunteering for Seed Relief
Gregory was visiting his parents in San Juan for the week and joined the seed brigade for several days to do some disaster relief volunteer work in the community while he was back on the island.
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…