Much to the surprise of everyone watching the Superbowl half time show, the “grass bush” props were people wearing costumes. The bushes weren’t just any grass, they were sugarcane. This one crop illustrates the downfall of Puerto Rico’s local food sovereignty. Colonial forces replaced Puerto Rico’s small, biodiverse farming operations with large-scale mono-cropping that focused on commodities for export, namely sugarcane. While the Island previously practiced self-sufficient food farming, over half of the nation’s jobs shifted into agriculture for foreign companies which paid little to nothing.