[p2p-research] the Cuban agricultural revolution

[Matt Boggs]

Shit chain, indeed J quite real and not entirely unique to Cuba. I'm pretty
sure the rabbits were on the top of the chain now getting some kind of
'greens'.

Once I've settled in the new space, I'll find and upload a documentary I
have on Peak Oil that uses Cuba as an example of what could happen
elsewhere. In the documentary, they go into the agri\shit chain\lifestyle
aspects.

 

Matt

 

From: Stan Rhodes [mailto:stanleyrhodes at gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 1:47 AM
To: Matt Boggs; Paul D. Fernhout; Michel Bauwens
Cc: p2presearch at listcultures.org
Subject: Re: [p2p-research] the Cuban agricultural revolution

 

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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