it will probably come as no surprise after Hurricane Maria that Puerto Rico is home to robust series of local anti-capitalist and environmental movements, and this local agricultural shift is but one facet of those movements. there’s also a very strong series of local/solarpunk-style renewables projects which have developed around the island, some of which is being done with the backing of the government, but a lot of which is the work of municipal movements of individuals filling in where the government either can’t or won’t
it will probably come as no surprise after Hurricane Maria that Puerto Rico is home to robust series of local anti-capitalist and environmental movements, and this local agricultural shift is but one facet of those movements. there’s also a very strong series of local/solarpunk-style renewables projects which have developed around the island, some of which is being done with the backing of the government, but a lot of which is the work of municipal movements of individuals filling in where the government either can’t or won’t