Havana: Models of Decentralized Urban Farming & Resiliency

The Poor Prole’s Almanac

In this episode, we're looking out how Cuba utilized both its massive state power and the creativity and bold thinking of its citizens to create decentralized urban farms after the collapse of the Soviet bloc. What can we learn about decentralized food systems and how can it be applied here in the case of collapse?

Sources:

https://www.cubaagriculture.com/agriculture-today.htm

https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/36257629/the_urban_agriculture_of_havana.pdf?1421186242=&response-content-disposition=inline%3B+filename%3DThe_Urban_Agriculture_of_Havana.pdf&Expires=1610388059&Signature=cfYv5vuo9B~0~xnc7S3381ZDKFHpoWave4qc9ycca5RExKTGZlRWW3-a6nNMQ9zF13acafRgdB2zDujqeLHT3DcY49Y8rMGxYu0g5iwB4mwrslvZn1bqOUv76TAhthNd7AeHJXh7twSqjoApwssBwmGq6xHklRmb8qwXmmOG~4uveDPLRRVslHCNboCSHE6XSFVmjXHYbblQCUXRAYmhBMZ25WZ9w~K2Sw0JLIb1fvE-nDfe~E69MqXHU80FMZYqkYTugcl-hdZspTDwjU5mLj-flQf6ngPJ4qSRLB0ysSvSNcFlF3VmWQOe40s6VshmNhfTV7F9NVp7eAQl~Nnbcg__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJLOHF5GGSLRBV4ZA

https://sagemagazine.org/urban-farm-fed-cities-lessons-from-cubas-organoponicos/

http://www.danangtimes.vn/Portals/0/Docs/310103714-urban_agriculture.pdf

https://www.geotab.com/press-release/greenest-cities-in-america/#:~:text=According%20to%20the%20results%20of,by%20Portland%20(856URBAN AGRICULTURE IN THE CITY OF HAVANA: A POPULAR RESPONSE TO A CRISIS%20ft2).

https://www.geotab.com/press-release/greenest-cities-in-america/#:~:text=According%20to%20the%20results%20of,by%20Portland%20(856%20ft2).

https://wits.worldbank.org/CountryProfile/en/Country/WLD/Year/LTST/TradeFlow/Import/Partner/by-country/Product/16-24_FoodProd#:~:text=In%202018%2C%20the%20top%20countries,%2C%20France%2C%20Netherlands%20and%20Italy

https://web.archive.org/web/20061010120813/http://www.communitysolution.org/cubareviews.html