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What you're doing is amazing but you fall into the same trap as most colonized people. The solution for people in Puerto Rico and Hawaii and Gaza and countless places around the world, is to show the people in mainland U.S. that they are being exploited by an oligarchy. When the world is ruled by a military industrial complex the only way to achieve sovereignty or self determination is to get rid of the Emperor and the people who pull his strings.
@@BiancaGraulau this video is a waste.... Unrealistic... Distortion.... Nothing to do with the Real Puerto Rico and it's struggles out of extreme poverty from the 1890s and present.... Disgraceful.... Please go get re educated your not even a centimeter from being in touch with the Struggle and Hardships that Puerto Ricans had to endure to lift this island from it's poverty.... An island that is overpopulated and lack of resources.... Shame.
If Puerto Rico were able to produce half the $28 billion you said it imports.... Than $14 billion would create 135 to 180 thousand jobs of $39 to $52 thousand a year... And some $.420 to $1.26 billion in taxes... Pretty sure the Government and especially the people would of done this Decades ago.... But the land for this doesn't exist...
Blew my mind when my friend in Tunisia said that despite their major export being olive oil, people who live there cannot afford olive oil. This is the imperial blueprint
I mean im from Tunisia and let me tell you it is thé most beautifull country in the whole planet and could bé easily thé richest country but also it is ruled by one of thé most corrupt régime ever that treated us like animals thé olive oil is just a small thing compared to what we go through
I’m just landed 🛬 in Tunisia yesterday first time here. Yes it’s beautiful and on the bus from the airport to the hotel I seen a bit of the poverty here your right. The government controls everything. Even in my country Scotland could be like Norway 🇳🇴 but the Westminster government controls everything there. Mi6 you name it. No free speech that my grandfathers fought for. Zero freedom it’s illusion. Power to the working class brothers. 🌞❤️🌱
I was still on the island when hurricane María hit the island, I was studying a second bachelor degree in nursing sciences of all things. I was living at my home town. In the middle of the crisis I had to help my friends and neighbors to collect and sterilize water for consume.....Helped my neighbors to fend off digestive distress with infusions of Guava bark ...because all foliage was gone. My knowledge of the land and flora of the island it s what kept me going, I foraged around the river and creeks close to my place and found tubercles , legumes and fruits that withstood the atmospheric phenomenon. It wasn t the federal government nor the local government , nor the national guard that kept me and my neighbors alive. It was our ancestral knowledge and ingenuity.
You must have a deep appreciation for nursing to get another degree in the same avenue, and it’s admirable that you share your knowledge and support those around you. I live near NYC, where many nurses are overworked and exhausted. At the same time, the U.S. has developed a concerning "bully-to-nurse" pipeline, leading to a workforce where some individuals lack empathy or genuine dedication to patient care. Even more troubling, some of my younger peers who are beginning college have noticed nursing students relying on ChatGPT to pass their exams. This trend raises serious concerns about the future of healthcare and patient safety.
I grew up thinking I hated vegetables. Turns out I just hated the bland, nutrient deficient, boring crap they sold in our local groceries. Once I started getting into gardening, I realized how much of a scam the big food agriculture could be. Owning a small parcel of land to grow some of their own food should be a basic human right... and would GREATLY increase food resiliency, lower food costs and increase health.
Este reportaje sobre Puerto Rico es, sin duda, uno de los mejores que he visto. Es inspirador y realmente educativo. Crecí en la isla, aunque pasé gran parte de mi vida adulta fuera. Mi esposa y yo nos estamos preparando para regresar y cuidar a nuestros familiares mayores. Ella siempre me ha comentado lo increíble que es nuestro clima y se pregunta por qué no aprovechamos para sembrar más. Cada vez que visita, siembra tomates, gandules y otras delicias, y siempre sorprende gratamente a sus padres. Además, tenemos cinco cuerdas fértiles en Las Marías, con las que soñamos cultivar en el futuro. Como bien dice mi esposa: 'Si las cosas se ponen difíciles, prefiero estar en Puerto Rico, porque allí, sembrando, nos defendemos.' Muchas gracias por dedicar tiempo a crear este hermoso video. ¡Felicitaciones y éxito en todos tus proyectos!
Yo estoy contemplando regresar, despues de 30 años viviendo en USA, y tengo 45 años, me fui a los 15. Mi papa dice los mismo, mejor estar en PR si las cosas se ponen mala aqui. De nuestra casa en PR, podemos comer toda la familia. Las veces q he ido, se me aguan los ojos cuando me tengo q ir. Estoy harto de Estados Unidos.
I am bolivian/american and after graduating high school something drew me towards my home country. In the states I was depressed and was diagnosed with chronic stress at 13yo. The schooling, diet, and lifestyle just did NOT work for me. I now live in bolivia eating only farm grown foods and i feel at peace here. My parents went to the states for my best future but funny enough I ended up in bolivia for my own well being.
I feel the same way rn and im mexican/American the way of life and food eaten here is not for me. I visited my dads side for the first time like 2 years ago and although they didn’t have money like that they lived far from the city in the mountains full of vegetation and life. Never felt that good and free I’m planning on living their soon and not returning. Seems colonization and civilizations is just mans greed.
Crazy because I'm changing back natural foods as much as possible. Losing a ton of weight, more relaxed, long-term injuries starting to heal. Best decision I've ever made
My grandpa is from Bayamon and i got my degree in agroecology. : ) Thank you for covering this aspect of reality. You are an excellent journalist and documentarian!
@@SamyagAjivaAjiva Is that Cambodian Angkor temples on your icon? I have too much respect for Buddhists to call myself one as I am not very disciplined but I agree and value the dharma, truths, and precepts.
I lived in PR as a teenager. I have so much family there. I remember going into the jungle getting Ñames (yams). We would bring sacks of it back and share it with the family. I do feel I was eating heather there than I did here in the US. Schools served fresh made breakfast & lunches. I really miss living there.
Sending you and your beloved island love and blessings Bianca. Keep doing the amazing work you have been doing for years! Don't let the haters get you down. One day Puerto Rico will be free
Thank you for this video. As many local news journals no longer exist, journalism like this is more important than ever. Plus the subject matter of returning to the land to eat real food and have sovereignty is critical as well. Food does not come from supermarkets!
CORRECTION: A part of my video about food sovereignty describing the Jones Act has been cut out because it was inaccurate. I said the Jones Act prohibits foreign ships from traveling between U.S. ports. That was incorrect. What the Jones Act does is require that maritime vessels moving goods from one US port to another be US-built, US-owned, US-crewed, and US-registered. A foreign ship can go straight to Puerto Rico on its way to Florida, as long as it's not transporting goods from PR to FL or viceversa. I apologize for my mistake and thank the CATO Institute for reaching out to point out the error.
Great video! I just moved to PR and I know many people who are passionate about eating well and supporting local farmers. Many of these people are from the US. We want to support the change!!
I live in Eastern Puerto Rico and can tell you that there are thousands of acres of beautiful farmland, just sitting vacant. Take a drive on the freeway between Fajardo and Humacao and you will see. This area was once a giant sugarcane producing area, but now no one works it. The remains of the sugar plant still stand as two large brick stacks in Fajardo. The railroad system that supplied the plant is long gone and the locomotives were sold off island. I am not a rich colonizer gringo. I bought an abandoned house, in a working class neighborhood, and put a lot of money and sweat into it and now live in it. My neighbors are the most welcoming and helpful people you will ever meet. This is truly paradise. Sadly, people would rather eat fast food than grow their own. Long lines of cars all day at McDonalds, Wendy's, Burger King and Chick-fil-a. I refuse to eat that garbage, and other processed foods, and my health has never been better.
“Rich colonizer Gringo” ?? Obviously you’re not a colonizer because they aren’t around anymore . But if your Puerto Rican that means your a third white. So even though it doesn’t really make a difference, enjoy your white privilege.
Hey Chickee, and I mean that Honorably...did you you that P.R. Women are the Healthiest, it's because of their up bringing to Whole Foods and Vege's...Main Land Food and Phama has made it otherwise
Birth Control and other Chems were experimented on the Island ( Not to Mention other Economically depressed areas in the States)...P.R.'s were expendable (20s -50's)
tend to agree. access to land is not the problem. be it as it may, puerto ricans can afford not to grow their own food, and it shows. the kicker that we need to illucidate is how poor the quality of imported food is and how relatively easily people can grow their own food year round. it would be fantastic to see more local options available and I think it is a trend. puerto rico has one of the lowest employment rates in agriculture in the world, we would all love to see that go up!
People don't just magically "prefer" junk food after millennia of eating whole foods. Everything from government food and transportation subsidies to extractive colonialism to consumer capitalist marketing to then new mid-century ideas of what's "healthy" created a dependence that's now supposedly a "preference" for junk. The desire is there to eat more whole and minimally processed foods is there. It will take lots of force to undo what unfolded over decades and create a new food system that make eating better the easy choice.
This was one of your best segments yet Bianca! The beauty of PR is that almost anyone can grow *some* of their food, as the climate is ideal. Even if it is a single papaya tree or tomato plant, its important for the people to start small as that generates inspiration and understanding.
That's why I have a garden. Is not big and sure don't grow enough to supply a family of 5 but it brings me joy and a feeling of accomplishment when I can create a masterpiece food plate harvested from my garden, knowing I grew it with love and care. It's a lot of work and patience but is so worth it. I enjoy your reports. Keep it up!
Wow! I really did not know about this 😢 I’m Puerto Rican but I only lived there when I was little. But Puerto Rico will always have my heart. I wonder in what way I can help the land of Puerto Rico. I definitely feel they need better people working in the government. People that want only the best for the Puerto Ricans. I believe Puerto Rico will rise !!
Uno quiere apoyar la agricultura y los productos locales aquí en la isla y hasta con el programa del Mercado Familiar federal del PAN y nuestros compatriotas puertorriqueños, se aprovechan y nos venden productos de mala calidad y a precios excesivos. La tierra está ahí para sembrarla, pero casi nadie quiere cultivarla. Solo se dedican hacer “TH-camrs” y culpar a otros, cuando podemos cambiar nuestra mentalidad negativa y no esperar a cambiar nuestra condición política, que es la motivación principal de este video.
With all the Respect that you deserve, I am honored y ORGULLOSO how well you are so articulate and educated on the formulation and presentation on your topics , eres tremenda Representantè Para nuestra Gentè BORINQUÈNO ,QUÈ DIOS TE BENDIGA Y TE PROTEGE IN ALL YOUR JOURNEY'S OF THIS WALK WE CALL LIFE!!!🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Thank you for this important story. Growing up in Hawaii, I'm startled by the similarities in local crops and diet, and the mirror-image story of how local farming was decimated in both locations. I really hope PR local farming makes a comeback (your story was very encouraging). Local farming in Hawaii is struggling worse than PR for the same reasons, but still hanging on due to the efforts of a few dedicated people in the community.
just an observation, but it seems hawaii and pr became relatively wealthier after US colonization, which caused generational laspses in farming interest. Now it seems after a few decades that people are realizing the importance of localy grown food again and the pitfalls of imported food. It's a huge issue and i fully support local farmers and food sovereignty!
The majority of puertorricans don’t want to work in agriculture, it’s a job that doesn’t pay a good salary, and there’s not enough land for agriculture a great scale…Puertorricans prefers other jobs in offices with AC, and the land it’s used to build Houses…
I fight the Jones act by producing as much as I can here in Puerto Rico 🇵🇷, I'm going to build a rooftop garden to show people you don't need land to produce.
Nuestra familia dejo todo en Suecia, para comenzar un nueva etapa en Sudamérica, Brasil. Somos nacidos en Chile resp Brasil, pero vivimos la mayor de nuestras vidas en Suecia. Ahora volvimos para regenerar tierra y consciencia, creando agroflorestas, huertos orgánicos, trabajar con la medicina ancestral y volver a escuchar la voz de nuestros abuelitos qué nos llamaron devuelta a la tierra. ⚕️🌈 Comencemos a cumplir el rezo de ellos, que tanto tuvieron que sufrir para nosotros llegáramos donde estamos hoy. Seamos unidos!
Yo soy nacida y criada en Ponce Puerto Rico. Nosotros somos una familia de 12 y en mi tiempo de crianza mi papá criaba cerdos para vender la carne en Navidades. Siempre sembraba todo lo que comíamos. De almuerzo siempre comíamos vianda, osea ñame, yuca, yautia, málanga ect con bacalao y tocino. Estabamos super saludables por que consumiamos lo que la tierra nos proveía nunca nos faltó comida en nuestra mesa. Recuerdo cuando los vecinos o la familia visitaban nuestra casa a las 12 del medio día por que sabían que pa almuerzo siempre había vianda con bacalao y aguacate 🥑. Llevo casi 18 años en los Estados Unidos y todos los días le pido a Dios que me permita regresar a mi isla y sembrar mi propio fruto como mi padre. Mi gente compre TERRENO aunque sea 1 cuerda por que si no lo hacemos perderemos lo poco que nos queda. Mi deseo es comprar una finca le pido a Dios que me de la oportunidad que ese sueño se me cumpla y poder volver a mi isla bella. 🙏
Spain already used PR for growing sugar cane, so it's not only US. Now, Puerto Ricans have forgotten to be proud of being farmers, and the government only looks to bring industry or investors from outside instead to promote local businesses and agriculture.
Major difference is that Puerto Rico was part of Spain, just like any province back in Iberia, the Criollos felt Spaniards and worked the land for themselves and sold to Iberia.
Mono crop farming did not destroy agriculture in Puerto Rico because Puerto Rico had mono crop farming with Spain. What destroyed agriculture in Puerto Rico was welfare because after welfare you couldn't hire people to work the land. Taxes also destroyed agriculture in Puerto Rico because taxes penalize citizens while tariffs protect citizens from unfair competition from foreigners with slave labor for farming.
Agree.. people who continued to farm were shamed as lower class citizens as the income was considered poverty level. Looks like attitudes are shifting for this generation. Good luck.
This doesn't have anything to do with pride or feelings it has to do with reality, I would love to see Bianca working the land under 95 degree heat for 40 hours
That was great! Love learning more about my heritage and as a young man in college I will continue to work hard and one day make a difference for the island🙏🏽
This video offers so much value in under 15-minutes. Great journalism with solid production. Most importantly, it's an honest piece. Great Job! I just subscribed.
Local production of everything that can be produced locally is the best solution for so many of today's problems. It eliminates or reduces fuel, packaging, road use (pollution) and garbage. It also keeps the money local - very important for any society.
You should do one about the good things that the US has done for both. The continual hate of the US is getting old. Without the US, PR would still be the poorest country on this hemisphere
the thing with naturally ripened tomatoes tasting totally different (much sweeter) also works in temperate climates. tomatoes can be grown very easily even in places as cold as britain or parts of canada, they don't need greenhouses like the commercial growing operations use, but they do tend to need some kind of rain cover overhead (like a balcony overhang) because the leaves are prone to growing mildew if they get rained on and stay wet for too long. tomatoes are even easier to grow and faster-growing than cannabis, and yielding with little effort fruits that are much better than supermarket tomatoes makes them a particularly rewarding beginner's gardening fruit. they're also relatively unattractive to a lot of pests (because as a nightshade, most of the plant is quite toxic), and they're planted and harvested in the span of a few months.
@@bpacheco1227Puerto Rico doesn't have the Arable land to become self sufficient.... Much less cut the $28 billion in half she says is Imported ... Misleading.
Same in Hawai'i. We grow very little. There are efforts to grow more, but a lot of it is going to take a shift in what people think food is. We are so accustomed to eating a standard American diet. We can grow the best fruit in the world here, stuff that mainlanders would pay big bucks just to try once in a lifetime, but instead we ship in apples and oranges. It's crazy.
I am 70 yo Puerto Riacn born, raised in the US. Lived there since the age of 8. I was amerianized but ALWAYS BEEN A PRUDE OF BEING BORIQUA. I only got to learn and experience what our real living was back when I was 15. Helped my father work a small lot and planted gandules, tomatos, and a few others Also had access to to mangos, avocado, breadfruit, orange, and others pick of the trees by the side road or just walking to and form school bus school stop. Any times on that walk home neighbors would share what they had off their trees with our family. Spent 1 year there. Loved it. If my father weren't an alcoholic and so frincan strict, I would have loved to to stay. I still remember so much of it, hold it close and deal in my heart. The memories never, fade. I cherish them so much. Always wanted to retire back home. But in the 6 or so times I went to visit. I got more and more discouraged from returning again. When I saw every single ameriacan fast food joint and little local eateries. Even the small towns and villages hard to find fresh anything anymore. I know the old ways were not prefect, but my God. Went from eat fresh local veggies and fruit to ever Fresh pork chicken and fish to the junk I had to eat in the states. Last time I visited 10 years before retiring. I left heart broken, I knew at the airport I would never come back. I wanted to keep the crystal clear memories of MY PUERTO RICO.......I left silently crying. The pain the lost. But 10 years later. Here I am in the Phillipines. It is as close as it gets to what my life was back when I was a kid. Specially in the provinces. Small villiages, towns and out of the way places. I will RIP here. 8000 miles away from my long lost place I always wanted to go back to. The US turn Puerto Rico into a island Lavatory. Have run all tpyes of human and many other experiments. It where they texted birth control bills way before they wer out to the public. Turn the our people into lab ginny bigs, I hope to live long enought to see the US fall. along with all other western colonial countries. They deserve anything thet got coming to them. And some alot more
Well, the only reason the USA will fall is not what you think. It will fall the moment Church and State unite and destroy liberty of conscience and enforce the mark of the beast and the world will do the same. Jesus is coming soon 🙌
The Antillean Confederation was the proposed idea of Ramón Emeterio Betances about the need for peoples of the Spanish-speaking Greater Antilles in the Caribbean to unite into an alliance in order to preserve the sovereignty and interests of 🇨🇺Cuba,🇩🇴 Dominican Republic, and 🇵🇷🇺🇸Puerto Rico. Supporters of the idea wanted to free the Spanish island possessions of Cuba and Puerto Rico, later uniting them with the Dominican Republic in Hispaniola, creating one united Spanish Caribbean nation.
Hi! Bianca, as someone that's imported into Puerto Rico from as far as China, respectfully but you got the Jones Act wrong. Ships do land in Puerto Rico without going to Florida first, however the key is that the ship needs to be a US Flag ship. The reason why the ship stops in other ports before landing in Puerto Rico is because they try to maximize the ships capacity between routes. Say the ships drops off goods in Florida (doesn't always happen, most of the time it lands in DR first), and picks up other exports that will go to Dominican Republic, drops off goods in DR, then picks up exports, repeats the process when it lands in Puerto Rico and so forth. They try to make sure the ship has cargo between ports. This ensures that the ship operator makes the most economic benefit across any particular route. The reason the Jones Act costs us more, is because the Jones Act means that the staff are union workers that cost more to operate the ships and the ports. In addition, this limits competition, meaning that only a few companies control the shipping industries which means they can increase prices without the threat of competition from none US companies. Also, to place things into perspective, it is the collective unions that are the most proponents and defenders of the Jones Act, making it difficult for both Democrats and Republicans to address the issue. This is a good video, but facts matter. Thanks.
This the kind of people I like, those who do their homework diligently, and question everything in a civilized matter. Excellent job, you spoke facts, as I have also read about everything you wrote about.👍👍
Thank you for sharing this info I stand with Boriken not only in words but in action. I have Quisqueyano roots. As well as royal Incan blood. I'm studying anthropology to help out the natives and decolonize the world, adding my fuel to a movement that's been growing for years. But first, we must learn history and how colonization Poisoned not just our people but our land. TAINO TI
You're right. I made a mistake when talking about the Jones Act. That part has been eliminated and a correction has been made to the description as well as on IG. Thank you.
Very well done video. Such a powerful reminder that the preservation of our people comes from the preservation of the land we have been gifted. Salute to the brother at the end of dropped the gem of “if you want to be free, is to start doing it..”
Eres buena en lo qué haces Bianca y se nota tu verdadero interés por el tema tratado; además tu amor sincero por Puerto Rico es evidente. Muchas gracias por este maravilloso trabajo de investigación y por ayudar a levantar la moral de un pueblo luchador como los boricuas. Mis respetos desde la hermana República Dominicana 🇩🇴 🇵🇷
I am glad to hear about the healthy way they are farming but I do not know where to get the produce grown here. I go to the roadside stands but always have to ask if the produce (avocados, especially) is local or not. It seems a lot of these stands are selling produce from the Dominican Republic or other places instead of from the local sources. I have some things planted in my yard for my own consumption, but I am not a farmer. I also notice that the prices for produce have really gone up since Maria. In part, it was because our crops were wiped out and we had to import for a while but now the local produce is also priced high even though they do not have to pay for the shipping from outside of PR. Is there somewhere I can go to find out where some of these farms are near me so I can buy direct? I live in Aguadilla.
There’s one in San Sebastián I think called terminados campo Juliana that has some like sprouts type crops you can use in salads or even stir fry like bean sprouts :)) but I don’t think they sell anything else
Este video/reportaje me trae muchos sentimientos. Tengo 24 años, me crié en el campo (entre Mayagüez y Maricao) y siempre agradezco que mi abuela me enseñara el valor y la riqueza que tiene la tierra. Con ella desde que tengo uso de razón sembraba ajíes dulces, pimientos, guanábanas, lechosas (papaya), chinas, limones, toronjas, parchas, calabazas, yautia, malanga, ñame, yuca, gandules, aguacate y panas. Recuerdo que en ocasiones cuando sobraba de la cosecha la repartíamos en el barrio, entre los vecinos, y si sobraba más pues vendíamos lo que sobraba en la plaza del mercado o a un supermercado local. Anheló con todo mi corazón regresar al campo una vez culmine mi carrera. Deseo tener mi terreno en la montaña y producir alimentos para mi país. Qué más boricuas sigan abriendo los ojos para así poder sacar a Puerto Rico hacia adelante por nuestra propia cuenta. 🇵🇷✊🏽
US sailor that job relies on the Jones act. I do agree there should be some exceptions to the rule. But I live in Florida and we have the same terrible diets. We could grow all our own food here but we don’t use it either.
Some arguments in the video are just plain silly - Japan for example is heavily dependent on foreign imports wrt food & calorie intake, but is not suffering from the same consequence as Puerto Ricans (also, if people demand it, they can import healthy food too)
wow she touches on every single thing I always try to explain to people about food in PR , and how lucky we were my dad grew most of that himself at home, we always got what every call the luxurious bio food.
@@BKallDay001 this comment has me utterly confused and I'm inclined to ignore it but my curiosity always win. What do books have to do with my comment?
I visited Puerto Rico for the first time in March 2022 brought my family in tow We were visiting friends of my wife’s family, who would retire to Puerto Rico and both my daughter and my wife’s flew in Spanish wanted to see the island I went out of my way to network and place grew cocoa And I wasn’t disappointment we got the tour a little farmette What we learned from the woman who gave us the tour is there’s a concerted effort to bring back locally grown foods, including sugarcane and coffee primarily for local consumption But it depends on the access of labor and a commitment of the labor to learn how these agricultural processes bring about the food With the fact that the US military has abandoned white parts of the island, the Navy base in the Air Force Base and a lot of the other residents have come to the mainland of the US. There’s a chance of this may actually occur. There is a core group of Puerto Ricans, who by choice or by circumstance for further to speak, speak Spanish and live immersed in the Puerto Rican economy, and culture
The locals should push and spread information on social media outlets to encourage, educate and self-sustain anyone who wants to live and eat fresh produce off the land etc and establish an organization, that stands and support for natural home-grown crops, without pesticides and other harmful chemicals. Plant and Grow for Puerto Rico!
You grow up more in the states. El WIC ayudaba muchísimo a PR cuando era pequeño, el gobierno interno de PR es quien a fastidiado a PR. Muchísimos productos como los cereales que traen a PR han sido de nuestro consumo por décadas y es porque queremos. Tu no sabes que es bregar con la agricultura en PR, mi familia lo hizo por años y el gobierno se las puso difícil.
Cool video and great explanation of some of the challenges that people are fighting for to regain food sovereignty. I would add that colonialism is built from the combination of christianity and capitalism (the three C's). Furthering that, there is a need for rematriation in the food system and that food sovereignty is not the same as food security. Food sovereignty also is more of a culturally lead movement by the people where as food security lacks the cultural and community elements. There is so much awakening happening around the world and its great to see all the commonalities between peoples from different regions of the world. Kche-Migwetch (many thanks) for sharing!
The US didn't change it, the people just accepted it. My grandmother came from Italy to the US in the 50s, she wouldn't eat any American-style foods, cooked, and prepared everything herself. It's all about choice and accountability.
@ True people have lost their personal sovereignty by choice, yet play a victim mentality. Time to remember what the truth is instead of playing victims.
I love how in educating someone who loves in Alaska about what's happening over in Hawai'i, and here in PR, and the first thing I find when I log into YT, is this video! Peeeeerfect follow up so I can give more references and context. Thank you truly for doing what we're striving to do, while sharing the words we don't always have the ability to say so eloquently
@chinchanchou im sorry you sound misinformed and ignorant, of course we won't understand one another 🤣 pero en Español asi puedes entiendes, Cállate por fi, se nota tu ignorancia y te estás perdiendo el sentido del vídeo.
This is why I am thankful that I can at least grow plantains in my own backyard where I live. When that farmer said that the land is a source of infinite wealth, it really put things into perspective.
Bianca, Excellent reporting and educational. Crucial knowledge for us to know and be aware of. At the same time, I am disgusted to know how the US keeps PR under their thumbs. Enough already. Puerto Rico, learn and do this. PR palante.
One of the less known crimes of US corporations and the federal government was the false promises to dozens of Puertorrican families transplanted to Hawaii to work on Pineapple farms and share their knowledge of the product. The were taken to Hawaii with the promise of being return to their home island of Puerto Rico, but they were abandoned there. The very last of the original settlers passed away at an age of 90' and she remembered everything. She was only a child when her family was taken to Hawaii.
On the right track, Bianca. Educating puerto ricans about food sovereignty is important. Blaming it on lack of farmland or foreign investors is misleading, it is victim mentality which as we all know is not productive. Puerto rico has thousands and thousands of acres of agrable land sitting empty. Like others mentioned, check any fast food restaurat drive thru, and notice the line. I think there is a positive trend in food sovereignty everywhere in the world, including puerto rico, and me and several friends donated 10,000 each to local farms and co-ops. Let's get on the same page and support puerto rican farmers! Puerto Rico is a large island and there is absolutely plenty of enough land to farm on. Maybe you could partner with some local co-ops and farms such as PRoduce!
... también olvidé decir en mi comentario anterior, cuan bien articulada y bien explicado todo con datos y ese orden cronológico. Hermoso trabajo. Me fascina como ellos tuvieron esta oportunidad de expresarse con esa honestidad y esa sabiduría, ese conocimiento y convicción. Esa finca está hermosa bien cuidada y trabajada. Excelente trabajo! Sigue hacia adelante siempre! ♥️🇵🇷💯🇵🇷
This video has a lot of hints about socialist tendencies. That type of agriculture works when you can sell to hotels and restaurants at high prices but it doesn’t feed an overpopulated island. I agree that P.R. shouldn’t destroy the land to put hotels, but without technology, they will never produce enough food.
Thank you for this! We have to go back to our roots for our health and future! Food sovereignty matters♥️ My grandfather was a farmer and we grew 85% our food. I was NEVER sick! Now I have my own gardens and I can say that growing your own and the robust flavors of the food is such a game changer!
What! There are no farmers markets in Puerto Rico? Don’t put the blame on someone else because it’s your lack of will power what is keeping you stagnant.
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We love you President Trump!!!!!!!
Hey if you guys are game let’s talk about a plan to combat.
What you're doing is amazing but you fall into the same trap as most colonized people. The solution for people in Puerto Rico and Hawaii and Gaza and countless places around the world, is to show the people in mainland U.S. that they are being exploited by an oligarchy. When the world is ruled by a military industrial complex the only way to achieve sovereignty or self determination is to get rid of the Emperor and the people who pull his strings.
@@BiancaGraulau this video is a waste.... Unrealistic... Distortion.... Nothing to do with the Real Puerto Rico and it's struggles out of extreme poverty from the 1890s and present.... Disgraceful.... Please go get re educated your not even a centimeter from being in touch with the Struggle and Hardships that Puerto Ricans had to endure to lift this island from it's poverty.... An island that is overpopulated and lack of resources.... Shame.
If Puerto Rico were able to produce half the $28 billion you said it imports.... Than $14 billion would create 135 to 180 thousand jobs of $39 to $52 thousand a year... And some $.420 to $1.26 billion in taxes... Pretty sure the Government and especially the people would of done this Decades ago.... But the land for this doesn't exist...
Blew my mind when my friend in Tunisia said that despite their major export being olive oil, people who live there cannot afford olive oil. This is the imperial blueprint
I mean im from Tunisia and let me tell you it is thé most beautifull country in the whole planet and could bé easily thé richest country but also it is ruled by one of thé most corrupt régime ever that treated us like animals thé olive oil is just a small thing compared to what we go through
I’m just landed 🛬 in Tunisia yesterday first time here. Yes it’s beautiful and on the bus from the airport to the hotel I seen a bit of the poverty here your right. The government controls everything. Even in my country Scotland could be like Norway 🇳🇴 but the Westminster government controls everything there. Mi6 you name it. No free speech that my grandfathers fought for. Zero freedom it’s illusion. Power to the working class brothers. 🌞❤️🌱
Perhaps if you owned an olive orchard in Tunisia, you'd rather get paid 5usd/liter by selling abroad than 1usd/liter by selling to locals too?
Think!
I was still on the island when hurricane María hit the island, I was studying a second bachelor degree in nursing sciences of all things. I was living at my home town. In the middle of the crisis I had to help my friends and neighbors to collect and sterilize water for consume.....Helped my neighbors to fend off digestive distress with infusions of Guava bark ...because all foliage was gone. My knowledge of the land and flora of the island it s what kept me going, I foraged around the river and creeks close to my place and found tubercles , legumes and fruits that withstood the atmospheric phenomenon. It wasn t the federal government nor the local government , nor the national guard that kept me and my neighbors alive. It was our ancestral knowledge and ingenuity.
I’ll think about this forever. Promise. ❤
amazing
You must have a deep appreciation for nursing to get another degree in the same avenue, and it’s admirable that you share your knowledge and support those around you. I live near NYC, where many nurses are overworked and exhausted. At the same time, the U.S. has developed a concerning "bully-to-nurse" pipeline, leading to a workforce where some individuals lack empathy or genuine dedication to patient care. Even more troubling, some of my younger peers who are beginning college have noticed nursing students relying on ChatGPT to pass their exams. This trend raises serious concerns about the future of healthcare and patient safety.
Preach 🎉
Amazing! I want to learn
I grew up thinking I hated vegetables. Turns out I just hated the bland, nutrient deficient, boring crap they sold in our local groceries. Once I started getting into gardening, I realized how much of a scam the big food agriculture could be. Owning a small parcel of land to grow some of their own food should be a basic human right... and would GREATLY increase food resiliency, lower food costs and increase health.
Puerto Ricans take note..
No scam at all. You obviously haven't ever farmed on a commercial scale to understand what is involved.
Este reportaje sobre Puerto Rico es, sin duda, uno de los mejores que he visto. Es inspirador y realmente educativo. Crecí en la isla, aunque pasé gran parte de mi vida adulta fuera. Mi esposa y yo nos estamos preparando para regresar y cuidar a nuestros familiares mayores. Ella siempre me ha comentado lo increíble que es nuestro clima y se pregunta por qué no aprovechamos para sembrar más. Cada vez que visita, siembra tomates, gandules y otras delicias, y siempre sorprende gratamente a sus padres. Además, tenemos cinco cuerdas fértiles en Las Marías, con las que soñamos cultivar en el futuro. Como bien dice mi esposa: 'Si las cosas se ponen difíciles, prefiero estar en Puerto Rico, porque allí, sembrando, nos defendemos.' Muchas gracias por dedicar tiempo a crear este hermoso video. ¡Felicitaciones y éxito en todos tus proyectos!
Yo estoy contemplando regresar, despues de 30 años viviendo en USA, y tengo 45 años, me fui a los 15. Mi papa dice los mismo, mejor estar en PR si las cosas se ponen mala aqui. De nuestra casa en PR, podemos comer toda la familia.
Las veces q he ido, se me aguan los ojos cuando me tengo q ir. Estoy harto de Estados Unidos.
I am bolivian/american and after graduating high school something drew me towards my home country. In the states I was depressed and was diagnosed with chronic stress at 13yo. The schooling, diet, and lifestyle just did NOT work for me. I now live in bolivia eating only farm grown foods and i feel at peace here. My parents went to the states for my best future but funny enough I ended up in bolivia for my own well being.
I feel the same way rn and im mexican/American the way of life and food eaten here is not for me. I visited my dads side for the first time like 2 years ago and although they didn’t have money like that they lived far from the city in the mountains full of vegetation and life. Never felt that good and free I’m planning on living their soon and not returning. Seems colonization and civilizations is just mans greed.
I went to Hawaii for the first time recently and I couldn't stop comparing it to Puerto Rico. Thank you for sharing this.
the similarities are undeniable
Crazy because I'm changing back natural foods as much as possible. Losing a ton of weight, more relaxed, long-term injuries starting to heal. Best decision I've ever made
My grandpa is from Bayamon and i got my degree in agroecology. : ) Thank you for covering this aspect of reality. You are an excellent journalist and documentarian!
Are you Buddhist? My dad is from bayamon
@@SamyagAjivaAjiva Is that Cambodian Angkor temples on your icon? I have too much respect for Buddhists to call myself one as I am not very disciplined but I agree and value the dharma, truths, and precepts.
Puerto Ricans need to work on their land And produce Their own food Do not depend on the US government
I'm just wondering how many people want to work the land under 95-degree heat for 40 hours 😆 easier said than done
@@SixtoEsco not been lazy
🤣🤣🤣have u live in Puerto Rico??? you think people are going to work the fields in 85-degree weather for 7.25 an hour??
@@SixtoEscoI’d do it lol I love manual labor. It’d probably have to be a night harvest though so I don’t die from heat stroke
I lived in PR as a teenager. I have so much family there. I remember going into the jungle getting Ñames (yams). We would bring sacks of it back and share it with the family. I do feel I was eating heather there than I did here in the US. Schools served fresh made breakfast & lunches. I really miss living there.
Go back 👉🏼
Sending you and your beloved island love and blessings Bianca. Keep doing the amazing work you have been doing for years! Don't let the haters get you down. One day Puerto Rico will be free
MABUHAY ANG PUERTO RICO❤
Keep up the great work. Eres un orgullo, Bianca. 🇵🇷
Thank you for this video. As many local news journals no longer exist, journalism like this is more important than ever.
Plus the subject matter of returning to the land to eat real food and have sovereignty is critical as well. Food does not come from supermarkets!
She is not a journalist, she is an activist. Even better, Go Bianca!
Without supermarkets, where would you get your food?
CORRECTION: A part of my video about food sovereignty describing the Jones Act has been cut out because it was inaccurate. I said the Jones Act prohibits foreign ships from traveling between U.S. ports. That was incorrect. What the Jones Act does is require that maritime vessels moving goods from one US port to another be US-built, US-owned, US-crewed, and US-registered. A foreign ship can go straight to Puerto Rico on its way to Florida, as long as it's not transporting goods from PR to FL or viceversa. I apologize for my mistake and thank the CATO Institute for reaching out to point out the error.
That is wild that the CATO Institute, of all places, cares about facts.
Great video! I just moved to PR and I know many people who are passionate about eating well and supporting local farmers. Many of these people are from the US. We want to support the change!!
Thanks!
I live in Eastern Puerto Rico and can tell you that there are thousands of acres of beautiful farmland, just sitting vacant. Take a drive on the freeway between Fajardo and Humacao and you will see. This area was once a giant sugarcane producing area, but now no one works it. The remains of the sugar plant still stand as two large brick stacks in Fajardo. The railroad system that supplied the plant is long gone and the locomotives were sold off island.
I am not a rich colonizer gringo. I bought an abandoned house, in a working class neighborhood, and put a lot of money and sweat into it and now live in it. My neighbors are the most welcoming and helpful people you will ever meet. This is truly paradise.
Sadly, people would rather eat fast food than grow their own. Long lines of cars all day at McDonalds, Wendy's, Burger King and Chick-fil-a. I refuse to eat that garbage, and other processed foods, and my health has never been better.
“Rich colonizer Gringo” ?? Obviously you’re not a colonizer because they aren’t around anymore . But if your Puerto Rican that means your a third white. So even though it doesn’t really make a difference, enjoy your white privilege.
Hey Chickee, and I mean that Honorably...did you you that P.R. Women are the Healthiest, it's because of their up bringing to Whole Foods and Vege's...Main Land Food and Phama has made it otherwise
Birth Control and other Chems were experimented on the Island ( Not to Mention other Economically depressed areas in the States)...P.R.'s were expendable (20s -50's)
tend to agree. access to land is not the problem. be it as it may, puerto ricans can afford not to grow their own food, and it shows. the kicker that we need to illucidate is how poor the quality of imported food is and how relatively easily people can grow their own food year round. it would be fantastic to see more local options available and I think it is a trend. puerto rico has one of the lowest employment rates in agriculture in the world, we would all love to see that go up!
People don't just magically "prefer" junk food after millennia of eating whole foods. Everything from government food and transportation subsidies to extractive colonialism to consumer capitalist marketing to then new mid-century ideas of what's "healthy" created a dependence that's now supposedly a "preference" for junk.
The desire is there to eat more whole and minimally processed foods is there. It will take lots of force to undo what unfolded over decades and create a new food system that make eating better the easy choice.
This was one of your best segments yet Bianca! The beauty of PR is that almost anyone can grow *some* of their food, as the climate is ideal. Even if it is a single papaya tree or tomato plant, its important for the people to start small as that generates inspiration and understanding.
That's why I have a garden. Is not big and sure don't grow enough to supply a family of 5 but it brings me joy and a feeling of accomplishment when I can create a masterpiece food plate harvested from my garden, knowing I grew it with love and care. It's a lot of work and patience but is so worth it. I enjoy your reports. Keep it up!
Thanks!
Wow! I really did not know about this 😢 I’m Puerto Rican but I only lived there when I was little. But Puerto Rico will always have my heart. I wonder in what way I can help the land of Puerto Rico. I definitely feel they need better people working in the government. People that want only the best for the Puerto Ricans. I believe Puerto Rico will rise !!
Uno quiere apoyar la agricultura y los productos locales aquí en la isla y hasta con el programa del Mercado Familiar federal del PAN y nuestros compatriotas puertorriqueños, se aprovechan y nos venden productos de mala calidad y a precios excesivos. La tierra está ahí para sembrarla, pero casi nadie quiere cultivarla. Solo se dedican hacer “TH-camrs” y culpar a otros, cuando podemos cambiar nuestra mentalidad negativa y no esperar a cambiar nuestra condición política, que es la motivación principal de este video.
With all the Respect that you deserve, I am honored y ORGULLOSO how well you are so articulate and educated on the formulation and presentation on your topics , eres tremenda Representantè
Para nuestra Gentè BORINQUÈNO ,QUÈ DIOS TE BENDIGA Y TE PROTEGE IN ALL YOUR JOURNEY'S OF THIS WALK WE CALL LIFE!!!🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Bianca, I enjoyed this one. We don't agree on everything but one thing we do agree on is making Puerto Rico the best it can be.
Thank you for this important story. Growing up in Hawaii, I'm startled by the similarities in local crops and diet, and the mirror-image story of how local farming was decimated in both locations. I really hope PR local farming makes a comeback (your story was very encouraging). Local farming in Hawaii is struggling worse than PR for the same reasons, but still hanging on due to the efforts of a few dedicated people in the community.
just an observation, but it seems hawaii and pr became relatively wealthier after US colonization, which caused generational laspses in farming interest. Now it seems after a few decades that people are realizing the importance of localy grown food again and the pitfalls of imported food. It's a huge issue and i fully support local farmers and food sovereignty!
@@williamchernenkoff9989 william injects reality into the comment section.
Good on you, sir.
The majority of puertorricans don’t want to work in agriculture, it’s a job that doesn’t pay a good salary, and there’s not enough land for agriculture a great scale…Puertorricans prefers other jobs in offices with AC, and the land it’s used to build Houses…
Because we’ve been thought this. Agriculture doesn’t pay well, don’t do this. You have been brainwashed by gringolandia as well.
Proud of you Bianca! The topic of food is so important and I wish more people would fight against the jones
I fight the Jones act by producing as much as I can here in Puerto Rico 🇵🇷, I'm going to build a rooftop garden to show people you don't need land to produce.
💪💪💪🎯👍💯💯💯@@MosaicHomestead
Nuestra familia dejo todo en Suecia, para comenzar un nueva etapa en Sudamérica, Brasil. Somos nacidos en Chile resp Brasil, pero vivimos la mayor de nuestras vidas en Suecia.
Ahora volvimos para regenerar tierra y consciencia, creando agroflorestas, huertos orgánicos, trabajar con la medicina ancestral y volver a escuchar la voz de nuestros abuelitos qué nos llamaron devuelta a la tierra. ⚕️🌈
Comencemos a cumplir el rezo de ellos, que tanto tuvieron que sufrir para nosotros llegáramos donde estamos hoy. Seamos unidos!
Yo soy nacida y criada en Ponce Puerto Rico. Nosotros somos una familia de 12 y en mi tiempo de crianza mi papá criaba cerdos para vender la carne en Navidades. Siempre sembraba todo lo que comíamos. De almuerzo siempre comíamos vianda, osea ñame, yuca, yautia, málanga ect con bacalao y tocino. Estabamos super saludables por que consumiamos lo que la tierra nos proveía nunca nos faltó comida en nuestra mesa. Recuerdo cuando los vecinos o la familia visitaban nuestra casa a las 12 del medio día por que sabían que pa almuerzo siempre había vianda con bacalao y aguacate 🥑. Llevo casi 18 años en los Estados Unidos y todos los días le pido a Dios que me permita regresar a mi isla y sembrar mi propio fruto como mi padre. Mi gente compre TERRENO aunque sea 1 cuerda por que si no lo hacemos perderemos lo poco que nos queda. Mi deseo es comprar una finca le pido a Dios que me de la oportunidad que ese sueño se me cumpla y poder volver a mi isla bella. 🙏
Informative, and really well done short documentary.
Spain already used PR for growing sugar cane, so it's not only US. Now, Puerto Ricans have forgotten to be proud of being farmers, and the government only looks to bring industry or investors from outside instead to promote local businesses and agriculture.
Major difference is that Puerto Rico was part of Spain, just like any province back in Iberia, the Criollos felt Spaniards and worked the land for themselves and sold to Iberia.
Mono crop farming did not destroy agriculture in Puerto Rico because Puerto Rico had mono crop farming with Spain. What destroyed agriculture in Puerto Rico was welfare because after welfare you couldn't hire people to work the land. Taxes also destroyed agriculture in Puerto Rico because taxes penalize citizens while tariffs protect citizens from unfair competition from foreigners with slave labor for farming.
@@zeminoida very poor poor province, literally because Spain kept most of the money.
Agree.. people who continued to farm were shamed as lower class citizens as the income was considered poverty level. Looks like attitudes are shifting for this generation. Good luck.
This doesn't have anything to do with pride or feelings it has to do with reality, I would love to see Bianca working the land under 95 degree heat for 40 hours
Thanks!
That was great! Love learning more about my heritage and as a young man in college I will continue to work hard and one day make a difference for the island🙏🏽
This video offers so much value in under 15-minutes. Great journalism with solid production. Most importantly, it's an honest piece. Great Job! I just subscribed.
Bianca you’re doing an awesome job!! Keep on educating!!
Congrats on the partnership with Ground News. Eres esencial. Gracias por todo lo que haces!! ❤🇵🇷
Edit. Este video me hizo llorar.
Gracias!! ♥️
Grateful for your voice, dedication and integrity.
Local production of everything that can be produced locally is the best solution for so many of today's problems. It eliminates or reduces fuel, packaging, road use (pollution) and garbage. It also keeps the money local - very important for any society.
No puedo ver tu contenido sin llorar. Gracias por brindarle espacio a estos reportajes. Haces un excelente trabajo!!!
I'm glad to see some countries are catching on to the need for food sovereignty. Great reporting 👏🏼
Loved this documentary, and very relevant to take into consideration now with the “tariff wars” coming….cheers from Mexico, Bianca.
You should do one about the good things that the US has done for both. The continual hate of the US is getting old. Without the US, PR would still be the poorest country on this hemisphere
You’re a great reporter with a strong message. Keep up the lucha!
the thing with naturally ripened tomatoes tasting totally different (much sweeter) also works in temperate climates. tomatoes can be grown very easily even in places as cold as britain or parts of canada, they don't need greenhouses like the commercial growing operations use, but they do tend to need some kind of rain cover overhead (like a balcony overhang) because the leaves are prone to growing mildew if they get rained on and stay wet for too long. tomatoes are even easier to grow and faster-growing than cannabis, and yielding with little effort fruits that are much better than supermarket tomatoes makes them a particularly rewarding beginner's gardening fruit. they're also relatively unattractive to a lot of pests (because as a nightshade, most of the plant is quite toxic), and they're planted and harvested in the span of a few months.
Your work is so important. I'm using this in my high school class to educate my students. Thank you!
This means a lot to me, thank you!
You can't Educate if the information is misleading and incorrect..... Are you sure your a Teacher???
@@ricardosoto5512 Pretty vague statement, care to elaborate, or just drop an accusation and disappear?
YES THANK YOU PLEASE SHARE BIANCA's GREAT INFO...BIANCA IS SUCH AN ANGEL !!! 😊😊😊
@@bpacheco1227Puerto Rico doesn't have the Arable land to become self sufficient.... Much less cut the $28 billion in half she says is Imported ... Misleading.
Maturing is realizing all those processed foods are crap, nothing beat fresh produce and cooked meals
muy bien enlazado con los diferentes factores que afectan la situación. buen trabajo!
Same in Hawai'i. We grow very little. There are efforts to grow more, but a lot of it is going to take a shift in what people think food is. We are so accustomed to eating a standard American diet. We can grow the best fruit in the world here, stuff that mainlanders would pay big bucks just to try once in a lifetime, but instead we ship in apples and oranges. It's crazy.
Thank you so much for your work. So appreciate your videos.
Excelente trabajo, Bianca y felicidades al Joven Pagàn que se ha convertido en un referente en nuestro País.
I am 70 yo Puerto Riacn born, raised in the US. Lived there since the age of 8. I was amerianized but ALWAYS BEEN A PRUDE OF BEING BORIQUA. I only got to learn and experience what our real living was back when I was 15. Helped my father work a small lot and planted gandules, tomatos, and a few others Also had access to to mangos, avocado, breadfruit, orange, and others pick of the trees by the side road or just walking to and form school bus school stop. Any times on that walk home neighbors would share what they had off their trees with our family. Spent 1 year there. Loved it. If my father weren't an alcoholic and so frincan strict, I would have loved to to stay. I still remember so much of it, hold it close and deal in my heart. The memories never, fade. I cherish them so much. Always wanted to retire back home. But in the 6 or so times I went to visit. I got more and more discouraged from returning again. When I saw every single ameriacan fast food joint and little local eateries. Even the small towns and villages hard to find fresh anything anymore. I know the old ways were not prefect, but my God. Went from eat fresh local veggies and fruit to ever Fresh pork chicken and fish to the junk I had to eat in the states. Last time I visited 10 years before retiring. I left heart broken, I knew at the airport I would never come back. I wanted to keep the crystal clear memories of MY PUERTO RICO.......I left silently crying. The pain the lost. But 10 years later. Here I am in the Phillipines. It is as close as it gets to what my life was back when I was a kid. Specially in the provinces. Small villiages, towns and out of the way places. I will RIP here. 8000 miles away from my long lost place I always wanted to go back to. The US turn Puerto Rico into a island Lavatory. Have run all tpyes of human and many other experiments. It where they texted birth control bills way before they wer out to the public. Turn the our people into lab ginny bigs, I hope to live long enought to see the US fall. along with all other western colonial countries. They deserve anything thet got coming to them. And some alot more
Well, the only reason the USA will fall is not what you think. It will fall the moment Church and State unite and destroy liberty of conscience and enforce the mark of the beast and the world will do the same. Jesus is coming soon 🙌
The Antillean Confederation was the proposed idea of Ramón Emeterio Betances about the need for peoples of the Spanish-speaking Greater Antilles in the Caribbean to unite into an alliance in order to preserve the sovereignty and interests of 🇨🇺Cuba,🇩🇴 Dominican Republic, and 🇵🇷🇺🇸Puerto Rico. Supporters of the idea wanted to free the Spanish island possessions of Cuba and Puerto Rico, later uniting them with the Dominican Republic in Hispaniola, creating one united Spanish Caribbean nation.
Excellent reporting Bianca! Once again exposing the wolf in sheep‘s clothing
#RepealTheJonesAct
Every time she said Puerto Rico, with the accent and R roll, my heart fluttered. I'm currently in the ER to make sure my heart is ok Lmao
Hi! Bianca, as someone that's imported into Puerto Rico from as far as China, respectfully but you got the Jones Act wrong. Ships do land in Puerto Rico without going to Florida first, however the key is that the ship needs to be a US Flag ship. The reason why the ship stops in other ports before landing in Puerto Rico is because they try to maximize the ships capacity between routes. Say the ships drops off goods in Florida (doesn't always happen, most of the time it lands in DR first), and picks up other exports that will go to Dominican Republic, drops off goods in DR, then picks up exports, repeats the process when it lands in Puerto Rico and so forth. They try to make sure the ship has cargo between ports. This ensures that the ship operator makes the most economic benefit across any particular route. The reason the Jones Act costs us more, is because the Jones Act means that the staff are union workers that cost more to operate the ships and the ports. In addition, this limits competition, meaning that only a few companies control the shipping industries which means they can increase prices without the threat of competition from none US companies. Also, to place things into perspective, it is the collective unions that are the most proponents and defenders of the Jones Act, making it difficult for both Democrats and Republicans to address the issue. This is a good video, but facts matter. Thanks.
This the kind of people I like, those who do their homework diligently, and question everything in a civilized matter. Excellent job, you spoke facts, as I have also read about everything you wrote about.👍👍
Thank you for sharing this info I stand with Boriken not only in words but in action. I have Quisqueyano roots. As well as royal Incan blood. I'm studying anthropology to help out the natives and decolonize the world, adding my fuel to a movement that's been growing for years. But first, we must learn history and how colonization Poisoned not just our people but our land. TAINO TI
So COOL that ALL this información is given, yet the Pueblo seems to be OK about the Status Quo...
You're right. I made a mistake when talking about the Jones Act. That part has been eliminated and a correction has been made to the description as well as on IG. Thank you.
Very well done video. Such a powerful reminder that the preservation of our people comes from the preservation of the land we have been gifted. Salute to the brother at the end of dropped the gem of “if you want to be free, is to start doing it..”
Chris Hedges wrote the book "Empire of Illusion" 16 years ago. A world of make-belief. Give it read if you can
WOW, I did not know that. Thank you for furthering my education on this matter. Love your content. Thanks for sharing, captain.
WELL DONE REPORT
DO NOT TRUST THE PILGRIMS
Eres buena en lo qué haces Bianca y se nota tu verdadero interés por el tema tratado; además tu amor sincero por Puerto Rico es evidente. Muchas gracias por este maravilloso trabajo de investigación y por ayudar a levantar la moral de un pueblo luchador como los boricuas.
Mis respetos desde la hermana República Dominicana 🇩🇴 🇵🇷
Tremendo trabajo 💪🏻
What an amazing video... thank you for letting our story be known to the world and to our locals. We need to be more conscious about this topic !
I am glad to hear about the healthy way they are farming but I do not know where to get the produce grown here. I go to the roadside stands but always have to ask if the produce (avocados, especially) is local or not. It seems a lot of these stands are selling produce from the Dominican Republic or other places instead of from the local sources. I have some things planted in my yard for my own consumption, but I am not a farmer.
I also notice that the prices for produce have really gone up since Maria. In part, it was because our crops were wiped out and we had to import for a while but now the local produce is also priced high even though they do not have to pay for the shipping from outside of PR.
Is there somewhere I can go to find out where some of these farms are near me so I can buy direct? I live in Aguadilla.
There’s one in San Sebastián I think called terminados campo Juliana that has some like sprouts type crops you can use in salads or even stir fry like bean sprouts :)) but I don’t think they sell anything else
Friends, family and neughbors is where I get a lot from
@ Yo también pero no puedo conseguir todo así.
Este video/reportaje me trae muchos sentimientos.
Tengo 24 años, me crié en el campo (entre Mayagüez y Maricao) y siempre agradezco que mi abuela me enseñara el valor y la riqueza que tiene la tierra. Con ella desde que tengo uso de razón sembraba ajíes dulces, pimientos, guanábanas, lechosas (papaya), chinas, limones, toronjas, parchas, calabazas, yautia, malanga, ñame, yuca, gandules, aguacate y panas. Recuerdo que en ocasiones cuando sobraba de la cosecha la repartíamos en el barrio, entre los vecinos, y si sobraba más pues vendíamos lo que sobraba en la plaza del mercado o a un supermercado local. Anheló con todo mi corazón regresar al campo una vez culmine mi carrera. Deseo tener mi terreno en la montaña y producir alimentos para mi país. Qué más boricuas sigan abriendo los ojos para así poder sacar a Puerto Rico hacia adelante por nuestra propia cuenta. 🇵🇷✊🏽
US sailor that job relies on the Jones act. I do agree there should be some exceptions to the rule. But I live in Florida and we have the same terrible diets. We could grow all our own food here but we don’t use it either.
Thank you for this precious information Bianca. I will share this forward.
Some arguments in the video are just plain silly - Japan for example is heavily dependent on foreign imports wrt food & calorie intake, but is not suffering from the same consequence as Puerto Ricans (also, if people demand it, they can import healthy food too)
wow she touches on every single thing I always try to explain to people about food in PR , and how lucky we were my dad grew most of that himself at home, we always got what every call the luxurious bio food.
It's called reading books
@@BKallDay001 this comment has me utterly confused and I'm inclined to ignore it but my curiosity always win. What do books have to do with my comment?
Thanks!
A mi no, yo soy puertorriqueña y aun sigo comiendo mofongo, tostones y mangos 😊
I visited Puerto Rico for the first time in March 2022
brought my family in tow
We were visiting friends of my wife’s family, who would retire to Puerto Rico and both my daughter and my wife’s flew in Spanish wanted to see the island
I went out of my way to network and place grew cocoa And I wasn’t disappointment we got the tour a little farmette
What we learned from the woman who gave us the tour is there’s a concerted effort to bring back locally grown foods, including sugarcane and coffee primarily for local consumption
But it depends on the access of labor and a commitment of the labor to learn how these agricultural processes bring about the food
With the fact that the US military has abandoned white parts of the island, the Navy base in the Air Force Base and a lot of the other residents have come to the mainland of the US. There’s a chance of this may actually occur.
There is a core group of Puerto Ricans, who by choice or by circumstance for further to speak, speak Spanish and live immersed in the Puerto Rican economy, and culture
This really infuriates me!! We need to fight back
Fantastic piece, Thanks!
Bianca You Rock 💪💪💪👌🇵🇷🙏
The locals should push and spread information on social media outlets to encourage, educate and self-sustain anyone who wants to live and eat fresh produce off the land etc and establish an organization, that stands and support for natural home-grown crops, without pesticides and other harmful chemicals. Plant and Grow for Puerto Rico!
You grow up more in the states. El WIC ayudaba muchísimo a PR cuando era pequeño, el gobierno interno de PR es quien a fastidiado a PR. Muchísimos productos como los cereales que traen a PR han sido de nuestro consumo por décadas y es porque queremos. Tu no sabes que es bregar con la agricultura en PR, mi familia lo hizo por años y el gobierno se las puso difícil.
Cool video and great explanation of some of the challenges that people are fighting for to regain food sovereignty. I would add that colonialism is built from the combination of christianity and capitalism (the three C's). Furthering that, there is a need for rematriation in the food system and that food sovereignty is not the same as food security. Food sovereignty also is more of a culturally lead movement by the people where as food security lacks the cultural and community elements. There is so much awakening happening around the world and its great to see all the commonalities between peoples from different regions of the world. Kche-Migwetch (many thanks) for sharing!
The US didn't change it, the people just accepted it. My grandmother came from Italy to the US in the 50s, she wouldn't eat any American-style foods, cooked, and prepared everything herself. It's all about choice and accountability.
Very well written, the only thing you left out, which I addressed is that people can still grow their own food 🤷♂️ gardening is an awesome thing 🤷♂️
@ True people have lost their personal sovereignty by choice, yet play a victim mentality. Time to remember what the truth is instead of playing victims.
You are doing such amazing work for Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 👏 were proud of you!!!
Thank you so much for speaking of the problemas going on on Puerto Rico and Hawaii! 🇵🇷🇵🇷
I think the phillipines falls into this same category. The US destroyed their local food and replaced it with junk food.
Much love to the boricuas from us native Hawaiians aka Kānaka Maoli 🤙
Grasias por este grand video viva tu canal saludos desde new york city... Grasias viva Puerto Rico ❤please don't stop updating videos great job 😊
Stop blaming the USA for PR own mistakes ,lazyness and ignorance! Is patyfull wrong and it will not excuse anything nor change anything for better.
Incredible journalism! Thank you!
I love how in educating someone who loves in Alaska about what's happening over in Hawai'i, and here in PR, and the first thing I find when I log into YT, is this video! Peeeeerfect follow up so I can give more references and context. Thank you truly for doing what we're striving to do, while sharing the words we don't always have the ability to say so eloquently
No entiendo siendo hispano escribiendo en gringo, motivando a lo que ellos quieren que pierdas tu lengua y tu forma de pensar, tu cultura
@chinchanchou im sorry you sound misinformed and ignorant, of course we won't understand one another 🤣 pero en Español asi puedes entiendes, Cállate por fi, se nota tu ignorancia y te estás perdiendo el sentido del vídeo.
This is why I am thankful that I can at least grow plantains in my own backyard where I live.
When that farmer said that the land is a source of infinite wealth, it really put things into perspective.
Ohhh my goodness this is such a high quality video and your journalism like always is outstanding 🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼
Bianca, Excellent reporting and educational. Crucial knowledge for us to know and be aware of. At the same time, I am disgusted to know how the US keeps PR under their thumbs. Enough already. Puerto Rico, learn and do this. PR palante.
One of the less known crimes of US corporations and the federal government was the false promises to dozens of Puertorrican families transplanted to Hawaii to work on Pineapple farms and share their knowledge of the product. The were taken to Hawaii with the promise of being return to their home island of Puerto Rico, but they were abandoned there. The very last of the original settlers passed away at an age of 90' and she remembered everything. She was only a child when her family was taken to Hawaii.
On the right track, Bianca. Educating puerto ricans about food sovereignty is important. Blaming it on lack of farmland or foreign investors is misleading, it is victim mentality which as we all know is not productive. Puerto rico has thousands and thousands of acres of agrable land sitting empty. Like others mentioned, check any fast food restaurat drive thru, and notice the line. I think there is a positive trend in food sovereignty everywhere in the world, including puerto rico, and me and several friends donated 10,000 each to local farms and co-ops. Let's get on the same page and support puerto rican farmers! Puerto Rico is a large island and there is absolutely plenty of enough land to farm on. Maybe you could partner with some local co-ops and farms such as PRoduce!
Thank you for covering these important issues
... también olvidé decir en mi comentario anterior, cuan bien articulada y bien explicado todo con datos y ese orden cronológico. Hermoso trabajo. Me fascina como ellos tuvieron esta oportunidad de expresarse con esa honestidad y esa sabiduría, ese conocimiento y convicción. Esa finca está hermosa bien cuidada y trabajada.
Excelente trabajo! Sigue hacia adelante siempre! ♥️🇵🇷💯🇵🇷
This video has a lot of hints about socialist tendencies. That type of agriculture works when you can sell to hotels and restaurants at high prices but it doesn’t feed an overpopulated island. I agree that P.R. shouldn’t destroy the land to put hotels, but without technology, they will never produce enough food.
This was another incredible piece, Bianca 👏🏽🤩
Thank you for this! We have to go back to our roots for our health and future! Food sovereignty matters♥️
My grandfather was a farmer and we grew 85% our food. I was NEVER sick! Now I have my own gardens and I can say that growing your own and the robust flavors of the food is such a game changer!
Thank you for the information
We are in Peurto Rico next week
We will eat local food
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What! There are no farmers markets in Puerto Rico?
Don’t put the blame on someone else because it’s your lack of will power what is keeping you stagnant.