This month two global news about rivers attracted my attention. One, the Colorado River, for dying a slow death due to climate change; and two, 25 Cuban rivers for showing signs of good health due to years of sustainable farming. At a time when the world is facing unprecedented water crisis and is almost in… Continue reading Healthy and free-flowing rivers are essential to meet the SDGs
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Cuba, the Urban Agricultural Pioneers
Cuba so drastically reformed its food system that it is best described as a revolution of organic urban agriculture. In the discourse of urban planning and management, Cuba is widely considered to be the pioneer of urban agriculture due to a unique political and social circumstance which necessitated agricultural reform in the 1990s. Although many… Continue reading Cuba, the Urban Agricultural Pioneers