It seems that every summer it is getting hotter and hotter. This year, we registered 109°F here at Plenitud PR. As farmers, we are directly feeling the intense heat! Did you know that as farmers, our risk of death from heat-related illness is 20 times that of the rest of the civilian workforce?

I learned to eat after I turned 25. Before that, I thought that anything that tasted good and satiated my hunger was food. I think that eating is one of the biggest human pleasures–in fact, when I was little, I would say that my favorite part of the school day was lunch time.