[p2p-research] the Cuban agricultural revolution

[Stan Rhodes]

All,

The one I've seen:

http://www.livevideo.com/video/mercofspeech/CD893609A0CB495D9A9CF04AC9E4AEFF/power-of-community-how-cuba-.aspx

Doesn't go into a lot of specifics, just a general overview.  Doesn't
mention the animal shit-chain you summarized, which seems pretty
questionable.

Why is there only this one video on Cuba's "Special Period" and
transformation?  The world has a severe documentation problem.  Also, if
Bill Mollison thinks permaculture is so vital to our future, why is his book
not free online, with people building upon it, and testing it?  Instead, you
can't get it easily for under 75 bucks, and I haven't seen any real science
on the topic.

Thankfully, Wikipedia and Instructables have laid the groundwork for what we
need badly: documenting by interns, exchange students, retired persons, and
anyone on a visit to somewhere interesting.  Anthropologists for the
information commons.

-- Stan




On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 8:11 PM, Matt Boggs <matt at digiblade.com> wrote:

> A friend 'snuck' me into Cuba many years ago while I was vacationing in
> Florida one winter, long fun story, but to the point:
> I made easy friends while I was there who spoke English. I got the nickel
> tour when I asked them how they managed to feed everybody. Gardens
> everywhere, some permaculture practices, though I was not aware of the term
> until recently. Same went for meat production. I went into what looked like
> a high rise apartment building. Inside, they had three types of animals;
> chickens, rabbits and hamsters. I think the rabbits were on the top of the
> food chain and then what they crapped out was funneled down to the chickens
> to eat who then in turn, crapped out the hamster meal...minimal waste. I
> may
> have a documentary somewhere about Cuba's food production but I'm not
> finished unpacking at the new place :-)
>
> Matt
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> Michel Bauwens wrote:
> > I wonder if anyone has seen the different documentaries on the Cuban
> > agricultural revolution?
>
> Not me, but sounds interesting if it is online?
>
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