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Breaking Bread with Visions Students
During the time Raíces crew members stayed at Plenitud PR’s permaculture farm and eco-learning center, a group of students from St. Thomas University in Minnesota was visiting on a service-learning trip. The Raíces crew arrived just as dinner was…
Working the Land at Plenitud PR
Residents, visitors, neighbors and students work together on Plenitud’s permaculture farm site. This hillside has been transformed from a slope covered in coffee bushes to a terraced food and herb production site using water and land management…
Earthbag House
This earthbag and super adobe house, along with three others around the island of Puerto Rico designed by Plenitud co-founder Owen Ingley, suffered zero damage from Hurricane María.
Starfruit off the Tree
While working on a service-learning project on Plenitud’s permaculture farm and education center, Tobias Knight of St. Thomas University in Minnesota takes a break to enjoy a ripe starfruit directly off the tree. Many fruit trees throughout the…
Service Learning at Plenitud
Students from St. Thomas University’s Visions program participating in a service learning trip to Plenitud PR post-María. Rebekah Sánchez, who lives and works at Plenitud and founded the project Siembra Boricua is explaining agroecology and…
Greenhouse at Pleunitud PR
The Plenitud PR Greenhouse was already in production when we arrived in January. The greenhouse itself was fixed after the donation of funds by Juntos Together, a coalition of Central NJ relief organizations working to support sustainable relief and…
Landslide - Las Marías
Over 25,000 landslides were catalogued throughout the island of Puerto Rico in the months following Hurricane María. High concentrations of these landslides occurred in mountain towns like Las Marías.
Dinner at Plenitud
Students, volunteers, residents and visitors eat a communal dinner in the learning center at Plenitud PR.
Serving Dinner
Owen Ingley of Plenitud and Nicole Wines of Raíces Cultural Center serving dinner to VISIONS students on a service learning retreat.
Dinner is Ready at Plenitud PR
Owen Ingley, co-founder and director of Plenitud, getting ready to serve dinner to visiting students on a service learning trip from St. Tomas University in Minnesota.
Talking to VISIONS Students at Plenitud
Raíces Cultural Center Director Francisco G. Gómez talking to students on a service learning retreat at Plenitud PR in Las Marías.
Talking to Students on Retreat at Plenitud
Almost immediately after we arrived at Plenitud PR, Owen asked us to speak to students who were visiting on a service learning retreat from St. Tomas University in Minnesota.
Owen Ingley and Francisco G. Gómez at Plenitud PR
Owen Ingley of Plenitud PR and Francisco G. Gómez of Raíces Cultural Center talking about the work, experiences, and needs of Plenitud post-Hurricane María.
Owen in his Superadobe Prototype
When Raíces first visited Plenitud PR in 2013, their first earth bag and superadobe house was under construction on their land. Arriving in the driving tropical rain, Owen still invited us to step into the earth bag house for our first time to see…
Greenhouse at Plenitud PR - Under Construction
The Juntos Together Coalition, led by Puerto Rican Action Board Director José Montes, and made up of a compendium of groups from Central New Jersey, working together to provide disaster relief support, provided a grant to Plenitud PR for the…
Vista at Plenitud PR
View from the camping area at Plenitud PR over Plenitud’s land and the mountains beyond.
Camp
Overnight visitors to Plenitud PR stay in a campground area of the compound, protected from water and rain by extra pop-up tents and drainage ditches around each tent site.
Río at Plenitud
Sunrise view of the river that flows past Plenitud.
Food Jungle at Plenitud PR
What looks like a mountainside covered in foliage from far away is actually a food jungle when seeds close up. This mountainside if filled with fruits, beneficial herbs, nitrogen fixers, deep rooted plants to hold the soil, pollinator plants and…
Greenhouse Production at Plenitud
Greens and herbs growing in the greenhouse at Plenitud PR. Tender annuals and seedlings are grown in the greenhouse in order to extend the season through water control. The young seedlings and the greens are protected from driving rains and given…
Raised Bed
A raised garden bed made out of cement. Owen Ingley, co-founder and director of Plenitud PR, is harvesting greens for a healthy breakfast.
Food Gardens at Plenitud PR
Tomatoes growing in a raised bed at Plenitud PR.
Arugula
A bed of arugula growing in a raised bed at Plenitud PR.
Tomato Seedlings
Tomato seedlings sprouting in the greenhouse at Plenitud PR. Growing the seedlings inside of the greenhouse allows for control over the amount of water the seedlings get each day.
Greenhouse Seedlings
A variety of seedlings sprouting in trays in the greenhouse at Plenitud PR. The greenhouse was heavily damaged by Hurricane María, with repairs happening from the end of December to the beginning of January, thanks to a grant received by the Juntos…