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Organoponicos
I learned this morning that Cuba's 7,000 urban allotments are called "organoponicos". Organoponicos are market gardens growing organic produce on every patch of wasteland across the capital, Havana. The gardens were born of necessity, when the countrys state-organized farming system collapsed with the demise of the Soviet Union a decade ago and cheap imports of agrochemicals ceased. Now their constant supply of vegetables stops the city from starving, and is helping to pioneer new intensive methods of farming without chemicals. It's localised food economy in action. Andre Viljoen surely knew this already (he is speaking at the conference on Saturday) but was too polite to use the word when he came to Newcastle for a Dott 07 Explorers Club on urban farming.
Google found the 1820 website. "1820 is the last time something really surprising happened in Scotland: the last uprising on British soil, intent on severing the Union, smashing the state and establishing a republic. It's almost certain that you won't have heard of this historical event, whether your from Scotland or not. In fact the chance is your more likely to know about it if you are from 'elsewhere'".
Posted by John Thackara at February 10, 2007 06:37 AM
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