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You are here: Home / Blogs / BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 04.26.25

BURUNDANGA BORICUA DEL ZOCOTROCO 04.26.25

April 26, 2025 by wpengine

La Jungla de Pamela y Josué

En la altura de la Cordillera Central de Puerto Rico

por las crestas de Orocovis, en el barrio Pellejas

Está la finca la Jungla que regentan Pamela y Josue.

 

Una pareja de agricultores empecinados en la más difícil de las tareas:

hacer producir cinco cuerdas del terreno más escalpado.

Allí,  por casi una década cultivan

Calabazas

Pepinillos

Tomates

Pimientos

Cilantrillo

Arugula

Remolacha

Cebolla

Pimientos

Aguacates

Sandias

Papaya

Calabacín

Lechuga

 

Se conocieron en la UPI

Cuando cursaban estudios universitarios

coincidiendo en protestas ambientales,

iniando una amistad que floreció con el amor a la tierra.

Ella estudió agronomía y el horticultura.

Ambos deciden acudir al llamado irrenunciable del cultivo

y la fascinación de ver el esfuerzo desbordarse en frutos y flores.

 

La Jungla es muchas cosas

Un pedacito cerca de cielo

Un hogar

Un nicho

Una finca auto sustentable  que responde a principios de:

Cultivar de forma orgánica sin pesticidas ni fertilizantes sintéticos.

Apoyar a los agricultores locales

Promover el consumo de productos de temporada.

Fomentar la diversidad en el cultivo de alimentos.

Implementar prácticas para reducir el desperdicio y aprovechar las sobras.

 

La Jungla se también un hogar

Una empresa autónoma

Una exaltacion del trabajo duro

El que dobla el lomo y ensucia las manos;

de sol a sol; dia tras dia.

 

El techo de nubes en cielos cambiantes

El verdor salvaje del mogote

Las laderas labradas

con inmenso trabajo y esmero

son testimonio elocuente de valor y entereza.

Una consagración llena de sacrificios,

sujeta a inmensos riesgos.

Con el imperioso requerido

de la dedicación constante.

 

El aura apacible de Pamela y Josue domina la Jungla.

No dudo que el sociego que inspiran

encuentra motivos en la extenuación ante la interminable tarea.

También surge de la congruencia de hacer valer principios.

De la satisfacción y el orgullo de convertir sueños en realidades.

De verlos crecer en:

Calabazas

Pepinillos

Tomates

Pimientos

Cilantrillo

Arugula

Remolacha

Cebolla

Pimientos

Aguacates

Sandias

Papaya

Calabacín

Lechuga

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Copyright por José M. Umpierre. Los fotos cortesia del autor.

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