The Naguabo fisherman’s association has an unlikely ally and champion: the marine biologist of a local conservation organization. Why? Because both recognize that sustainable practices by Puerto Rico’s many fisherman, whose very livelihoods depend upon a healthy, thriv...
Puerto Rico: 327 days after Hurricane Maria. I stand before this destroyed cancha, the hubs of all communities across the island, is public land… and thus, the responsibility of the government. Unsurprisingly, yet inexcusably, nothing has happened.
My takeaways from our extraordinary plant-based meal at El Grifo, the 100% vegan restaurant and craft beer tap & juice bar in the heart of Puerto Rico:
— Passionfruit sangria is a divine gift
— Wooden troughs are the perfect way to serve bite-sized stuffed mushroom caps
I went LIVE 🗣 on Facebook 👩🏻💻 ⏰ from here in Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 to chat with a truly remarkable filmmaker 🎞, writer 📚 and force for positive change Josh Tickell. 👊🏾 Make sure to give the video below a watch! 💁🏻♀️ And raise your voice 👥 in all ways always. �...
"This is where sustainable farming came in. World Central Kitchen wanted fresh, local food for their operation and to support the people who could provide it.
So in January, the #ChefsForPuertoRico COO, Erin Schrode, held a meeting for every Puerto Rican farmer the grou...
I am proud to live here in Puerto Rico and to speak from experience about ongoing relief, recovery and resiliency at the Clinton Foundation Action Network Meeting on Post-Disaster Recovery in Miami earlier this week.
11 months after Hurricanes Irma and Maria, count...
Speaking your truth is always powerful. But some speeches I deliver are more emotionally charged, more personal, more raw than others. And last night was just that — where I had the privilege to address a driven, diverse group of extraordinary fellows who are embarking...
Dig in!!! It’s only fitting that Dig Inn would have an exquisite spread like this for my talk at their headquarters today.🍴🍅🌱 The eateries cocreate menus and plan harvests together with farmers to mindfully source seasonal, sustainable ingredients from 102 local, sm...
A broom, an extension cord, a pair of pants with a rusty lawn chair… to hold down a blue tarp on the house of Don Jose. 🙏🏾 These living conditions are inhumane — and no one has come to help the eighty-year-old man in the tens months since hurricane Maria. Such is the...
Earth is majestic. And we must treat her as such. 🌏 Today is Earth Overshoot Day, which means we have used all of the resources our planet is able to renew in the entire year… in only seven months. Our consumption of ecological resources is far greater than that which...
