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Puerto Rico’s Resilience in the Wake of Hurricane Maria

Season 1 Episode 1 | 7m 23s

After Hurricane Maria hit, Chef José Andrés and his team at World Central Kitchen provided meals to the people of Puerto Rico as well as issued money for fishers who needed new boating equipment, motors, and tools. According to Raimundo Espinoza, the environmental disaster highlighted the island’s need to invest in food security options that were not dependent on imports.

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