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AR Reads: Cuba‘s urban farming revolution

AR Reads: Cuba‘s urban farming revolution

Update: 2021-02-15

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Havana’s unique agricultural infrastructure emerged from punishing trade sanctions following the fall of the USSR but today provides an exemplary precedent that could be applied worldwide. This episode of AR Reads features Cuba’s urban farming revolution: how to create self-sufficient cities by Carey Clouse, published in AR March 2014.

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AR Reads: Cuba‘s urban farming revolution

AR Reads: Cuba‘s urban farming revolution

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