| #1280546 in eBooks | 2014-05-27 | 2014-05-27 | File type: PDF||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Informative and empowering|By Clare Fairview|Farming Cuba provides a thoroughly enjoyable and eye-opening discussion of dispersed urban farming, a highly pertinent topic for anyone interested in the local food movement. The book provides an in-depth and clear understanding of the mechanisms that have made Cuba a model for local food production, while also discussing (sometimes|About the Author|Carey Clouse teaches architecture and urbanism at UMass Amherst and is a partner at Crooked Works, a firm addressing the intersection between architecture and sustainability
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, fertilizers, 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...
You easily download any file type for your device.Farming Cuba: Urban Agriculture From the Ground Up | Carey Clouse. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
