Our programs serve community members of all ages and backgrounds, and, we have integrated plant-based nutrition into all of these efforts. So, how are we increasing food sovereignty? We have 25 community gardens, we provide agroecological education to over 300 students in local schools through Crezco en Plenitud, we offer workshops in permaculture and agroecology to 600+ people, and we run a weekly vegetarian meal delivery service (the Amo mis Abus program) for 50 elders in our community. Puerto Rico currently imports 85% of its food, which results in environmental pollution, loss of cultural identity connected to local food and cooking, and epidemics of nutrition-related diseases. Our vision is to increase food sovereignty on the archipelago.
Since 2008, Plenitud PR has been bringing sustainable agroecological practices back to Puerto Rico. Plenitud PR affirms everyone’s right to life’s most essential resources-clean water, safe shelter, and healthy food-and we are dedicated to making these resources accessible to the families and communities of Puerto Rico through educational programming, community service, and of course, love. That’s why when I first encountered Plenitud PR and saw how central food was to their community service and programs, I knew I wanted to join the team. How can I navigate this world? How can I be of service to others if all of our life experiences are so different? In these instances, it helps me to come back to the common experiences that connect us all-and time and time again, I find that we can all relate to love, food, and a love of food. When I think about how big the world is and how many different people, cultures, beliefs, and places there are, I sometimes feel overwhelmed.
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