Add to ORKGOur team worked under the Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales to develop an education program designed to promote food self-sufficiency in the La Plata region of Puerto Rico. We interviewed local residents and experts to learn about gardening techniques and conducted a growing example to problem-solve gardening in Puerto Rico. The results of the interviews and growing example shaped our education program, which focused on maintenance, debris disposal, fertilization, pest control, and eco-friendly gardening
Hurricane Maria destroyed 80% of Puerto Rico’s crops, demonstrating the critical need for a resilien...
La Escuela Agrícola is a self-sustainable school located in Paraguay. It was developed to help the r...
In recent years, Costa Rican farmers have been shifting from conventional to sustainable methods of ...
For several decades, Puerto Rico has struggled with food self-sufficiency, meaning that the island d...
Carpio, Costa Rica is a poor urban community that struggles with pollution, social exclusion, and st...
School vegetable gardens provide environmental services and social benefits that can have a wide imp...
Puerto Rico’s lack of natural resources has led to an insufficient domestic food supply and large am...
Puerto Rico (P.R.) has a vulnerable food system, and this vulnerability is exacerbated when people a...
Agroponicos Cosecha de Puerto Rico, Inc. operates the only aquaponics farm in Puerto Rico. Their goa...
It is widely known that the majority of humans throughout the world taking part in urban agriculture...
Monteverde, a town located in the mountains of Costa Rica, relies heavily on the import of produce t...
Climate change is a threat to food system stability, with small islands particularly vulnerable to e...
The main aim of the research was to explore community resilience, and specifically whether and how ...
Global food security concerns emphasize the need for sustainable agriculture and local food producti...
Vieques, Puerto Rico suffers from poverty and a high rate of unemployment. Our goal was to assess th...
Hurricane Maria destroyed 80% of Puerto Rico’s crops, demonstrating the critical need for a resilien...
La Escuela Agrícola is a self-sustainable school located in Paraguay. It was developed to help the r...
In recent years, Costa Rican farmers have been shifting from conventional to sustainable methods of ...
For several decades, Puerto Rico has struggled with food self-sufficiency, meaning that the island d...
Carpio, Costa Rica is a poor urban community that struggles with pollution, social exclusion, and st...
School vegetable gardens provide environmental services and social benefits that can have a wide imp...
Puerto Rico’s lack of natural resources has led to an insufficient domestic food supply and large am...
Puerto Rico (P.R.) has a vulnerable food system, and this vulnerability is exacerbated when people a...
Agroponicos Cosecha de Puerto Rico, Inc. operates the only aquaponics farm in Puerto Rico. Their goa...
It is widely known that the majority of humans throughout the world taking part in urban agriculture...
Monteverde, a town located in the mountains of Costa Rica, relies heavily on the import of produce t...
Climate change is a threat to food system stability, with small islands particularly vulnerable to e...
The main aim of the research was to explore community resilience, and specifically whether and how ...
Global food security concerns emphasize the need for sustainable agriculture and local food producti...
Vieques, Puerto Rico suffers from poverty and a high rate of unemployment. Our goal was to assess th...
Hurricane Maria destroyed 80% of Puerto Rico’s crops, demonstrating the critical need for a resilien...
La Escuela Agrícola is a self-sustainable school located in Paraguay. It was developed to help the r...
In recent years, Costa Rican farmers have been shifting from conventional to sustainable methods of ...