Sunday, October 23, 2-6 PM
Our loved ones and friends continue to be harmed by the disasters in Puerto Rico. Join us Sunday, October 23, 2-6 PM hosted at the archive for an afternoon of food and resource gathering, to assist and imagine different ways we can care for one another. There will be a reading table with books and articles about the situation in Puerto Rico, as well as a station with materials for making and sending postcards to government officials.
Puerto Rican lunch will be available for a $10 donation towards El Departamento de la Comida de Puerto Rico, a non-profit collective that acts as an alternative agency in support of small-scaled, decentralized, local food projects in the Island. Your donations will also contribute to the department's Abono brigade program - implemented in 2019 to directly support small farmers all over the island and focusing on agroecological practices that care for both the natural and social ecosystem. Additionally, we will be collecting: Seeds, Healing Potions/Tinctures and Books/Zines for the department's Agroteca, a resource library consisting of three collections: seeds, tools and educational materials.
Gracias,
Monica Rodriguez + Mireya Lucio
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*SEEDS (non-gmo, heat tolerant, nutritionally dense crops, fast growing, low maintenance, pest or disease resistant, and easy to save, in order to guarantee their continuous production): Sprouting seeds, Beans, Cucumber, Squash, Radishes, Turnip, Bok choi, Okra, Kale, Amaranth, Arugula, Asian Greens, Beans (Snake beans & winged beans for the tropics), Bell Peppers, Cabbage, Peppers, Cassava, Ceylon Spinach, Chard, Chili Peppers, Cucumbers, Eggplant, Endive, Lettuce, Luffa, Pumpkins, Radish, Silverbeet, Sweet Corn, Sweet Potatoes, Tomatoes, Water Chestnuts, Zucchini, Papaya…
**HEALTH & REMEDIES: Antiseptic/Healing Salves (for scrapes/cuts/burns/bites/skin irritation); Bruise/Muscle Balms; Mosquito Repellent; Tinctures (immunity building, respiratory health, digestive health, stress/trauma/depression/overwhelm, reproductive health); Menstrual cups, etc.
***BOOKS & ZINES: Ecology, Environment, Environmental Sciences, Gardening, Nature, Nutrition, Climate, Farming, Eco-Fiction, etc.
