Seeds in the City - Cuba
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- čas přidán 22. 07. 2007
- June 2003
This is the remarkable story of how the people of Havana have pulled themselves back from the brink of disaster.
Faced with food shortages and widespread hunger, city dwellers began growing food on rooftops and in front of office buildings. "It was a very spontaneous movement. People started to grow things on every available place", states on resident. Now, there are thousands of urban farms and more than a million tons of food is produced within the city.
Amazing,i've alwats been drawn to Cuba.
Thanks once again.
Bravo to brave and hard-working Cuban people!
i had been a namibian student for 6 years, what i learn from the cuban people are: resilience,persistence,no racism,happiness while under diculties and solidarity.viva la revocion cubana
Yea very true I have been to both Namibia a cuba both great countries with great people amazing culture but many difficulties but the people do not quit and keep standing for there culture I went to Havana, Moron, The islands, And eastern cuba
thankyou for the video. This has made me more aware.
The shit hit the fan in 1959 with castro
With wheat & grain prices going bonkers Cuba would be smart to keep the veggies sprouting in the city and we'd be smart to follow suit.
Excellent video - thanks!
The topic is organic farming, in which respect Cuba is clearly miles ahead of the "developed" world. But this short documentary also demolishes many of the rightwing myths about the Cuban Revolution (look no further than CZcams for examples of Cuban exile propaganda).
Cubans are well-fed, independent, dignified and friendly towards foreigners. Their government is flexible and pragmatic, eg religious freedom, private enterprise.
Un otro mundo es posible!
very nice..thank you.....tRINIDAD
'Unauthorized travel can result in criminal prosecution. ..individuals who, “without completing legal formalities, leave or take actions in preparation for leaving the national territory” can face prison sentences of 1 to 3 years in prison. ..an individual who “organizes, promotes, or incites” an illegal exit can be punished with two to five years of imprisonment, while someone who “provides material assistance, offers information, or in any way facilitates” an illegal exit, risks 2 to 5 years'
No winters certainly helps ..warm days year round I would be happy forever!
I cannot get past the fact that if this society were so ideal and the people so happy, the government wouldn't be criminalizing their emigration to other countries.
Necessity is the mother of invention. Most people do not know the extent of the oppression in Cuba. Many of my family members in Cuba will trade their farms and crops for the opportunity to go to the US. Most of us in the world take freedom for granted. Cubans cant gather, protest, vote, travel, or speak freely. All words are carefully measured and any hint of anti-Castro talk will lead to jail! In the US we are spoiled and in Cuba they are depraved. Balance is the key. Cuba Libre
US monoculture crops have a high yield per acre, but farms can be sustained indefinitely without commercial fertilizers. In part the soil is teaming with microorganisms in Cuba unlike the US where pesticides kills everything including naturally occuring nitrogen fixing bacteria and other crtters. We harvest over 50 gallons of worm castings from a small patch of our garden every year.
In Cuba the Castro Adminstration destroyed the water purification plants and the electricity plant's and car parts manufacturers and its currency
All people in the Americas are Americans. That does NOT mean that there are no significant differences among them.
never depend on the government..just go and grow it...
Everyone becomes dependent on someone. You would think they provide the best health care and education for it's citizens but they still suffer from the embargo. Let go the pride and up your political system to multiple parties. I'm sure the US is willing to talk. Open up the your one party system. Open yourself to open markets. It's your land no one is going to take it away from you.
so go to Cuba
in this was 2003, were the urban growing was about only 45% then today!!! overall cuba has grown very well, fuck usa's embargo ther behind time! long live cuba!
Poor quality videography suffering from bad lighting, out of focus segments and failure to maintain focus to the title. Aside from its dated time frame, if you have even a basic knowledge of the subject area you will want to skip the initial 4.5 to 6 minutes.
@rodolfitocarlos420
also
If the Cars come from goverment Bureau?
Comnputers, new advance Technology, New Medical Research?
are thanks for the pursuit of individual glory.
those ideas didnt come from State Bureaus
China has ATM machines at a high interest rate
It's illegal to criticize Cuban officials publicly. Who are 'you guys'? What does my nationality have to do with my observation of the dictatorship strangling your proud + vibrant culture?
they have everything they need? im cuban and im in the US for a reason, if i had everything i needed, me and millions of cubans would of stayed there... Cuba has good things like not a very high violence like u mention, but healthy people? of course! with no food and poor life level everybody walks, ride bicycles, only very few places with ac, etc people are always sweating of course they will be healthy LOL
I am not saying the government is communist. I am saying that the behavior of the people to act outside of the state and take charge of their food supply is communist (communism being a stateless society.) There are many problems with Cuba's "socialism", but for the people of the US to throw ideological stones at them without fully understanding Cuba's history and culture is nonsense.
@quick81 go in live in Cuba....so far are not condition of living there, the society living in a constant fear and poverty. the intellectuals were the first to scream socialist with the socialist government and also the first to join to the exile because they lost their freedom to create, to ask questions, to debate and think different
Why do you assume central america is free? If thats what you're comparing yourself too, its sad.
Your analogy is entirely dishonest. It is not illegal for a Mexican to leave the country as it is in Cuba. The only places emigration is currently restricted are: China, Cuba, Iran, Burma and Tunisia.
All i hope for is the revolution brainwashing to stop and the Cuban's lives improve for the better...none of the US vs Cuban, socailism vs democracy shit..
they paid the price for not caving in to the world banking system. their future looks better than some of the eu contries. they can go organic with out monsanto breathing down their back like us farmers .
I bet you think batista was a great guy
Of course there are cubans all over the world. People find a way. Cuba and North Korea ARE identical in the fact that they CRIMINALIZE unauthorized emigration. No amount of deflection will avoid that basic fact.
Everyone in Cuba knows how to farm but to farm for the Castro military is a NO NO
All your foul language doesn't change the fact that emigration is restricted in Cuba, unlike the rest of the free world. This is not surprising considering the country has been ruled by the same leader for 50 years, before recently "passing the torch" to his octogenarian brother. Really, its insanely transparent.
@miglondon i mean so far better than cuba
At least I can complain about Fidel from here. You know its also officially illegal in Cuba to embarrass or otherwise portray Cuban political officials in a negative light?
(This is the part were you pretend I say threaten or something irrelevant).
By the way, the deflection about the US, is sadly irrelevant (and inaccurate if you care)).
Cheers
Its illegal to criticize Cuban officials. It has nothing to do with 'being a pussy' or not.
Like the controlled emigration, its against basic globally recognized human rights.
(Freedom of mobility, freedom of expression).
Listen, act like a child and name call all you want. If it helps I think Cuban culture is an excellent addition to the global community, but the government that has stolen it for the past 50 years is immoral.
@rodolfitocarlos420 Well i have been living in Venezuela and Colombia so far better than Venezuela
What an apologist you've become. Nobody buys it. Sorry, but the vast majority of the world can look up this information easily. It is illegal for citizens to leave Cuba without state authorization. This is only the case in China, Iran, Burma, Tunisia *AND* Cuba. Even now, its a 5 year ban for people who left "without permission."
You can judge the quality of a place, not by who it locks out, but who it locks in.