[p2p-research] the Cuban agricultural revolution

[Michel Bauwens]

Hi Stan,

here are links to what is perhaps the other one?

= http://www.cbc.ca/natureofthings/show_cuba.html

this one was shown on canadian television, mine was on australia network and
is I think the one you mentioned,

Michel

On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 2:46 PM, Stan Rhodes <stanleyrhodes at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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