San Sebastián to reopen Plaza Agropecuaria to boost region’s economy
January 20, 2021
Rep. Eladio ‘Layito’ Cardona-Quiles, who represents District 16, announced the upcoming reopening of the Plaza Agropecuaria in San Sebastián to promote family markets and economic activity in the region he represents. The plaza will reopen Feb. 5. The reopening comes after talks with Agriculture Secretary-designate Ramón González, who confirmed the availability of $2 million in […]
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POP’D Shop specialty bubbly drinks poised to enter Puerto Rico market
July 27, 2020
Puerto Rico may soon have a new player in the specialty carbonated drinks category, with the launch of The Pop’d Shop soda brand, a product manufactured by a startup currently participating in business accelerator Parallel18’s Generation 8 cohort. Company founder Mark Wieder said the handcrafted soda pop line — which features four different flavors: citrus, […]
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UPR-Mayagüez gets $750K to build Tropical Animal Reproduction Research Center
July 27, 2020
The University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez Campus (known as RUM) recently received a $750,000 grant from the Puerto Rico Agriculture Department to develop Tropical Animal Reproduction Research Center (CIRAT, in Spanish), under the School of Agricultural Sciences’ Agricultural Experimental Station. The Center, an idea created by a group of multidisciplinary researchers from the School of […]
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Otoao Health Corp. promotes vertical indoor farming project
December 3, 2019
A vertical indoor farming project supported by the Otoao Health Corp. (known as COSSAO for its initials in Spanish) was inaugurated recently to promote hydroponic crops inside cargo containers at the Antonio Tulla Torres School in Utuado. The project has the support of nonprofits ConPRmetidos and the Puerto Rico Community Foundation, which provided financial assistance […]
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Nespresso launches ‘Cafecito de Puerto Rico,’ its 1st local coffee
October 22, 2019
Nespresso announced the launch of Cafecito de Puerto Rico, its first Puerto Rican coffee, available exclusively to U.S. mainland consumers. As the newest addition to the “Reviving Origins” program, this limited-edition coffee highlights the natural earthiness of Puerto Rico’s coffee beans. Since 2018, Nespresso has been working with the Hispanic Federation and coffee farmers in […]
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Local start-up PRatian gets $200K in federal funds to develop agricultural tech
September 20, 2019
PRatian LLC, a Puerto Rican company dedicated to the development of aerospace technology to solve agricultural problems, has been selected to receive a $200,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Small Business Innovation Research program. “It is the first time an agricultural company from Puerto Rico wins these funds in more than 20 years,” […]
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VisitRico names local exec to pursue sustainable agritourism, agri-education
September 9, 2019
VisitRico, a Puerto Rican nonprofit organization whose mission it is to strengthen the agricultural economy of the island, selected Adolfo Méndez-Nouel as ambassador of agritourism on the island to lead its mission of sustainable agritourism and agricultural education. Méndez-Nouel is director of operations and creative manager of Manhattan Physio Group and co-founder of MPG Essentials […]
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World Central Kitchen opens call for sustainable farming project grants
August 26, 2019
World Central Kitchen announced the opening of its bi-annual cycle of Plow to Plate, the organization’s agricultural support platform that offers direct financial support, training opportunities, and volunteer assistance to small farmers, agribusinesses, and community-led projects in the food sector. The latest call to apply to Plow to Plate begins Sept. 1 and closes Oct. […]
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World Central Kitchen welcomes 22 farmers to its ‘Plow to Plate’ program
July 29, 2019
World Central Kitchen (WCK) welcomed 22 projects to its comprehensive support platform to promote sustainable food projects on the island called Plow to Plate, which offers direct financial support and training to small farmers, agribusinesses, community-based projects, and business initiatives in the food sector. The goal is to help these entities revitalize their operations after […]
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Mujer Innova-Agribusiness edition underway to further sector’s recovery
June 19, 2019
Innovation and entrepreneurship platform INprende will co-host an event for women-owned agribusinesses and female farmers as part of a subsidies program created by the American Red Cross in collaboration with the Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust. The call to participate in the program was opened during the “Women Innovating in Agriculture” event. Applications […]
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Nuestra Escuela Students create new space for agricultural production
June 18, 2019
Students of the alternative and personalized education organization, Nuestra Escuela in Caguas, over the weekend began an agricultural project at a farm in the mountain town of Orocovis. A group of students and teachers that founded Nuestra Escuela and members of the Toro Negro community, started the sowing of some 5,000 sweet potato seeds, which […]
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Agriculture allocates $256K to promote goat, sheep milk and meat production
February 12, 2019
The Puerto Rico Agriculture Department’s Administration for the Development of Agricultural Enterprises has allocated $256,000 to promote growth and development in the island’s Small Ruminants production industry. Agriculture Secretary Carlos Flores described the move as important for the sector “after the Department succeeded for the first time last year, in organizing the sector with a […]
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4 federal agencies grant $54.7M in funds for ongoing recovery efforts
November 5, 2018
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Agriculture, the Defense Logistics Agency and U.S. Department of Commerce Minority Business Development Agency recently allocated $54.7 million in funds for Puerto Rico.
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Hispanic Federation launches $2.9M campaign to revitalize P.R.’s coffee sector
October 25, 2018
This initiative evolved out of a task force that was formed after Hurricane María.
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Agriculture Dept. stabilizes fresh product deliveries to public school lunchrooms
October 19, 2018
Fresh produce will be served starting next week.
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