Food insecurity in Puerto Rico has been a longstanding problem since the island embarked on the largest municipal bankruptcy proceeding in U.S. history less than a decade ago.

With the COVID-19 pandemic, the phone at the Food Bank of Puerto Rico hasn't stop ringing. The food organization's president, Denise Santos, says that ever since the island went into lockdown in ...

As Puerto Rico enters the second half of 2025, a new report from NielsenIQ highlights growing financial pressure on local ...

According to a George Washington Survey, 40% of Puerto Ricans reported food insecurity. Santos, and others across Puerto Rico, want to battle food scarcity with the territory growing its own food.

Of Hispanic subgroups, households of Puerto Rican descent living in the United States had the highest food insecurity rate – 25.3 percent. The rate for families of Cuban origin was 12.1 percent. Other ...

Food scarcity is an ongoing problem for Puerto Rico. The territory imports 85 percent of all its food. With the recent natural disasters, and the pandemic, the territory is exploring ways to have ...

Puerto Rico imports 85 percent of its food, which makes it expensive. The COVID-19 pandemic has made the situation even more worrisome as people lose their jobs and income, making expensive food even ...

The food insecurity rate in Puerto Rico is triple that of the mainland — and that was before the hurricane, according to the 2017 American Community Survey of the U.S. Census Bureau.

By Savannah Edgar A group of 18 Crenshaw County students traveled to Puerto Rico June 16 through 21 — not for a vacation, but ...

The Caribbean island’s cuisine combines African, Indigenous and Spanish influences to create dishes of distinction.

Nearly 3 out of 4 young adults in Puerto Rico might not have ideal cardiovascular health due to lifestyle behaviors, new ...

Six months into the coronavirus pandemic, Modesta Irizarry has seen the growing toll of food insecurity across communities in Puerto Rico. From homeless people and families living in middle-class ...