Jorge Torres grows sugar cane in a community garden in the Bronx.

Jorge Torres grows sugar cane in a community garden in the Bronx.

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Jorge first cut sugar cane as a child growing up in rural Puerto Rico, where his family depended on work in the cane fields to survive.

Jorge first cut sugar cane as a child growing up in rural Puerto Rico, where his family depended on work in the cane fields to survive.

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Jorge uses a machete to strip the cane of its bark.

Jorge uses a machete to strip the cane of its bark.

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Jorge Torres’s shared garden has become a kind of community center for many families, most from Puerto Rico, many with sugar in their histories.

Jorge Torres’s shared garden has become a kind of community center for many families, most from Puerto Rico, many with sugar in their histories.

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For Jorge, the sugar cane he grows in the Bronx is one of many emblems of Puerto Rico.

For Jorge, the sugar cane he grows in the Bronx is one of many emblems of Puerto Rico.

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A friend using Jorge’s machete for sugar cane to cut into pork roasted on a spit in the garden.

A friend using Jorge’s machete for sugar cane to cut into pork roasted on a spit in the garden.

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