Puerto Rico may fall but it always raises!!
Agrohack … there’s hope! Independence from imported food … seems to be on the way to become a reality! The young generation rises! 🇵🇷
In “How Puerto Rico Lost Its Home-Grown Food, but Might Find It Again,” NPR’s Dan Charles explores the island’s new wave of interest in farming and finding local sources of food:
Most of the news from Puerto Rico lately has been terrible. The island’s government just declared that it cannot repay its bondholders and will carry out drastic cuts in education and social services. On Wednesday, thousands of students at the University of Puerto Rico voted to continue a protest strike.
Food, though, is delivering a modest ray of hope. That hope will be on display most prominently this weekend, at a conference called Agrohack, which celebrates the island’s growing band of young food entrepreneurs, from chefs to coffee farmers. Last year, Agrohack drew 650 people. This year, organizers expect 1,500.
Across Puerto Rico, in fact, there’s a new wave of interest in food and farming. People are thronging…
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Reading this, it feels like it ‘s talking about the history of the Philippines under colonial rule of Spain and the US.
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I can totally understand you!! It is/was the same … can you recommend a book about this topic? History of the Philippines and colonial rule … I have a feeling that what is happening or has happened in Puerto Rico has happened in every country the US has been involved with.
I just finished reading ‘Confessions of an Economic Hitman’ by John Perkins … quite the eye opener.
I also read “War Against All Puerto Ricans” … wow!! So much I didn’t know about the history of my country!
Hugs …
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I don’t know of any book about colonialism in the Philippines.I’ve only read the History of the Philippines by Teodoro Agoncillo, my mother’s college textbook, which she brought here when we immigrated. Then, there are the occasional articles written by historians. My parents are my sources of info, basically. I’ve read the Miseducation of Filipinos, I’ve forgotten by whom. I guess you need to Google it, ^__^”
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Thanks so much!! Hugs … __/l\__
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