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Spotlight on Puerto Rico Food Sovereignty: “Setas de Puerto Rico”

Category: agriculture, aquaponics, Impact, Invest, organic, Puerto Rico, Vertical Farm
Date: July 31, 2019
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The saying goes that necessity is the mother of invention. In the case of attorney Rebecca Feliciano, the need to find a new source of income for her family in Puerto Rico’s ailing economic climate in 2011 would become the company that, in just three months from opening, harvested enough fresh mushrooms to cater to […]

Imports are Killing Puerto Rico and Delivering Bad Food to its Citizens

Category: agriculture, aquaponics, Invest, Jones Act, Puerto Rico, Vertical Farm
Date: May 31, 2019
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Puerto Rico is forced to import 90% of its fresh produce because its family-run farms have been destroyed by frequent hurricanes. A further lack of aid and awareness has left the agricultural sector in ruins. Fusion Farms is standing behind Puerto Rican family farmers to help solve the food crisis. Fusion Farms is standing behind […]

Puerto Rico – Produce Safety Alliance

Category: agriculture, aquaponics, Invest, Puerto Rico
Date: April 4, 2019
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For the past 2 days, we have attended a certification program on Food Safety. The information is vital to the health of a farm as well as the consumers who benefit from what the farm produces. Much of the emphasis is on traditional farming and all of the potential contamination events that can happen in […]

Aquaponics is the Answer

Category: aquaponics, Impact, Invest, Opportunity Zone, Puerto Rico
Date: March 22, 2019
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Fish poop is powering a new agricultural model that can feed Puerto Rico’s hurricane-stricken population while using less water and less land. Outside, the rain hammers against the facility roof and the wind howls with intense voracity, tearing up power lines and ripping the roofs off unprotected homes. Within the reinforced concrete walls of the […]

Bringing Fresh Food, #Sustainability , Jobs, and a Future to Puerto Rican’s Tables

Category: agriculture, aquaponics, Impact, Invest, Investor, Opportunity Zone, Puerto Rico, Vertical Farm
Date: March 12, 2019
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Fusion Farms In September 2017, the most devastating storm to have ever made landfall on the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico slammed into its coastline. Virtually overnight, the island’s already struggling infrastructure and farmlands were razed to the ground, delivering a blow that countless Puerto Ricans are still, to this day, trying to recover from. […]

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