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Tara Rodriguez Besosa at the PR Resilience Fund’s Seed Brigade
Creator and leader of the PR Resilience Fund initiative Tara Rodriguez Besosa receiving donations brought to Puerto Rico from members of our home community in Central NJ by the Raíces Cultural Center crew. Included in the list of supplies requested…
Interview in Isabela
Director Francisco G. Gómez talks with friend of Raíces Jariksa Valle Feliciano of Aguada, Puerto Rico before interviewing her on camera to get some background and initial impressions on what she experienced during and after Hurricane Maria and her…
Jariksa Valle Feliciano
Jariksa Valle Feliciano (Kari) talking about her experiences during and after Hurricane Maria before being interviewed.
The Raíces Crew with the Finca Mi Casa Crew
Don Luis and Doña Carmen Soto of Finca Mi Casa with Raíces Cultural Center co-founders Francisco G. Gómez and Nicole Wines during our Sustainable Disaster Relief Support Exchange Trip in January 2018. Raíces is proud to have provided support to Finca…
Resiliency and Hospitality
Raíces Cultural Center’s January 2018 visit to Finca Mi Casa was a true lesson in resiliency and hospitality. In the face of Hurricane Maria and the difficult relief and recovery period that continues to this day, Don Luis Soto of Finca Mi Casa…
Damaged Greenhouse Post-Hurricane Maria
Some of the damage to the screened in greenhouse at Finca Mi Casa in Camuy, Puerto Rico as a result of Hurricane Maria. Almost immediately after the Hurricane, a work brigade of volunteers from Organización Boricuá de Agricultura Ecológica de Puerto…
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…
Seed Donations
Seeds and other sustainable disaster relief donations given to friend of Raíces Jariksa Valle Feliciano.
Greenhouse at Pleunitud PR
The Plenitud PR Greenhouse was already in production when we arrived in January. The greenhouse itself was fixed after the donation of funds by Juntos Together, a coalition of Central NJ relief organizations working to support sustainable relief and…
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.
Unpacking Seeds
Unpacking the box of seeds and other sustainable relief supplies donated to the PR Resiliency Fund and the Semiteca Seed Bank Project at the Brigada de Semillas or Seed Brigade.
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…
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.
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.
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.
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.
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…
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…
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…
Service Learning at Plenitud
Students from St. Thomas University’s Visions program participating in a service learning trip to Plenitud PR post-María. Rebekah Sánchez, who lives and works at Plenitud and founded the project Siembra Boricua is explaining agroecology and…
Starfruit off the Tree
While working on a service-learning project on Plenitud’s permaculture farm and education center, Tobias Knight of St. Thomas University in Minnesota takes a break to enjoy a ripe starfruit directly off the tree. Many fruit trees throughout the…
Earthbag House
This earthbag and super adobe house, along with three others around the island of Puerto Rico designed by Plenitud co-founder Owen Ingley, suffered zero damage from Hurricane María.
Working the Land at Plenitud PR
Residents, visitors, neighbors and students work together on Plenitud’s permaculture farm site. This hillside has been transformed from a slope covered in coffee bushes to a terraced food and herb production site using water and land management…
Breaking Bread with Visions Students
During the time Raíces crew members stayed at Plenitud PR’s permaculture farm and eco-learning center, a group of students from St. Thomas University in Minnesota was visiting on a service-learning trip. The Raíces crew arrived just as dinner was…
Solar Panels at Radio Casa Pueblo
On January 16, 2018, Casa Pueblo made history for the island of Puerto Rico, inaugurating the first solar power radio transmitter on the island. Through demonstration projects that illustrate and achieve energy independence and resiliency with…