Oriundo takes as its starting point an ethical conscience about food:
Biodiversity is life.
But it is important to remember that by 1943, out of a total of 2.88 million pounds of food to supply local consumption, 1.81 million pounds (62.84%) were produced in Puerto Rico.
From 1950 until today, several circumstances have influenced to cause the downward curve of our agricultural production and development:
- The physical isolation of Puerto Rican families regarding their food resources
- The abandonment of sensitive agricultural policies
- The fragility of our sovereign powers to regulate importation and to introduce new seeds
- The institutional indifference regarding the undeniable relationship between food and life
- The disastrous results that Hurricane Maria caused on the already low agricultural production
In terms of production, everything is viable in Puerto Rico because of the diversity of soils and aquatic resources.
And, nevertheless because of the will and interest that show various nonprofit institutions, small agro community companies, and agroecological farmers.