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Seed banks foster agriculture in Puerto Rico, writes Rodríguez Cruz

Luis Alexis Rodríguez Cruz starts his article for Nueve Millones exploring how communities can build agency over their food systems by developing seed banks at various scales with a text from fellow Switzer Fellow Olivia Walton asking “Do you know if there’s a place in Puerto Rico that sells local Caribbean seeds?.”

Read the full story to discover the impact Desde Mi Huerto, Puerto Rico’s Caribbean seed bank, is having from Olivia’s summer camp to agroecology projects and local farms across the region.