1.0The Counterhttps://thecounter.orgThe Counterhttps://thecounter.org/author/the-counter/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="1kVsssnIP2"><a href="https://thecounter.org/young-farmers-puerto-rico-working-repair-centuries-colonialism/">How young farmers in Puerto Rico are working to repair centuries of colonialism</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://thecounter.org/young-farmers-puerto-rico-working-repair-centuries-colonialism/embed/#?secret=1kVsssnIP2" width="600" height="338" title="“How young farmers in Puerto Rico are working to repair centuries of colonialism” — The Counter" data-secret="1kVsssnIP2" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> Centuries of colonialism—first by Spain and then the United States—have transformed Puerto Rico from a self-sustaining archipelago to a place almost totally dependent on imported food. Small farms were destroyed by occupying forces to create large monocrop plantations, and after generations of toiling to produce sugarcane and other exports under terrible conditions, farming lost its […]https://thecounter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/OG_TheCounter.png1200630