It can be done! One home at a time! Low impact family gardening makes a huge difference in our climate change strategy...and the health of our families:
Havana relies on 200 urban farms known as organoponicos
Havana relies on 200 urban farms known as organoponicos
Cuba, on the brink of starvation when the Soviet Union collapsed 20 yearshttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8213617.stm
ago, now produces 90% of its fruits and vegetable needs, using organic,
low-tech inputs. The Cuban diet is healthier and uses 1/3 the energy to
produce versus typical western food production.Some of the plots are small - just a few rows of lettuces and radishes being grown in an old parking space.
Other plots are much larger - the size of several football pitches. Usually they have a stall next to them to sell the produce at relatively low prices to local people.
