Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, Cuba
found itself solely responsible for feeding a nation that had grown
dependent on imports and trade subsidies. With fuel, fertilisers
and pesticides disappearing overnight, citizens began growing their
own organic produce anywhere they could find space- on rooftops,
balconies, vacant lots and even school playgrounds. By 1998 there
were more than 8,000 urban farms in Havana producing nearly half of
the country's vegetables. What began as a grassroots initiative
had, in less than a decade, grown into the largest sustainable
agriculture initiative ever undertaken, making Cuba the world
leader in urban farming. Featuring a wealth of rarely seen material
and intimate portraits of the environment, Farming Cuba details the
innovative design strategies and explores the social, political and
environmental factors that helped shape this pioneering urban
farming program.
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