Puerto Rico imports 85% of its food — an issue that became even more apparent after Hurricane Maria. “Teaching people how to grow food, for us, that’s a rebel act,” says Efrén David Robles, owner of ...

Food scarcity is an ongoing problem for Puerto Rico. The territory imports 85% of all its food. With the recent natural disasters and the pandemic, the territory is exploring ways to have more food ...

I landed in Puerto Rico with a list of places to eat and a hankering for crispy pork skin. What I didn’t expect was to find a movement reshaping how food is grown, cooked, and shared here. At Frutos ...

The rats scurried into the shed. Flinching at the sound of a horde of tiny claws scratching at the ground, Migdalia Mass Llorens kept vigil over her sleeping family huddled together under a single ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s government is refusing to open school cafeterias amid coronavirus health concerns and has not tapped into millions of federal dollars set aside for the ...

One woman says she is caring for her elderly parents and their neighbors. — -- In a 13-story apartment building just 15 minutes from the airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Lisbeth Vasquez Delgado ...

Each year, the U.S. Congress allocates over $400 million for food assistance to support more than 250,000 residents of Puerto Rico who are able-bodied adults without dependents, and are between the ...

Born and raised in Connecticut, Adrian Ayala moved to Colorado three years ago for a job in the steel industry – but now he’s the owner of Mama’s Empanadas, a food truck that hit the Denver streets ...

More than 500 years of complex history shines through in Puerto Rico’s cuisine — a dynamic mix of Spanish, African and Indigenous culinary traditions. Many of Puerto Rico’s most famous dishes focus on ...