Floating
The disruption of supply chains during the COVID19 pandemic is bringing back the thousand-year-old farming practice of floating gardens in Mexico. These chinampas gardens were built by the Aztecs and are one of the most productive agricultural methods, with up to seven harvests per year. The farmers grow greens, herbs, flowers, fruits and milpa – corn, beans and squash – in the lake region of Xochimilco in the south of Mexico City. The land was largely abandoned after the devastating 1985 earthquake, but now it’s making a comeback as a trusted, local source of organic, healthy food with a cultural heritage.
— Wayne Visser
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