[HN Gopher] Back to Eden Film - Gardening Documentary
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       Back to Eden Film - Gardening Documentary
        
       Author : Tomte
       Score  : 20 points
       Date   : 2022-07-23 14:23 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | culi wrote:
       | If you like that you should check out this (also free)
       | documentary[0] covering Cuba's transformation towards a local
       | farm network. After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 Cuba
       | was basically forced to undergo an artificial "peak oil" all at
       | once (something we'll all undergo soon) brought on by the
       | incredible sanctions of Western nations. There was obviously mass
       | famines and starvation. But in order to survive Cubans had to
       | completely reinvent their agricultural system
       | 
       | Today Cuba is one of only 18 countries with a Global Hunger Index
       | under 5.[1] Permaculturists around the world travel to Cuba to
       | learn for the incredible amount of knowledge that has built up
       | there in the past 2-3 decades.
       | 
       | [0] https://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/the-power-of-
       | community-...
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       | [1] https://www.globalhungerindex.org/cuba.html
        
         | deepdriver wrote:
         | Sounds like the USSR's successful attempts to grow citrus
         | fruits in cold climates, when imports were discouraged for
         | political reasons immediately after the Russian Civil War.
         | Necessity is the mother of invention:
         | 
         | https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2020/04/fruit-trenches-culti...
        
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