REUTERS – Oct 28, 2008
Reuters video in Spanish, linked. The video doesn’t seem to have been picked up by a news outlet and there is no news commentary in the footage. A raw script, which accompanies the video, and translation of the comments by the Cubans who were interviewed, is attached below this article.

Cubans hope urban gardens will solve food shortages caused by hurricane damage.

In the face of its greatest food shortage since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, Cuba has fallen back on urban agriculture, which helped provide relief in the 1990′s during the Caribbean island’s “special period”.

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Compost making is what we do at the Vancouver Compost Demonstration Garden in Vancouver, and it can’t be stressed enough, that fall leaves are the secret to making good compost at home. Collect enough leaves in bags NOW to last you through the next 12 months. Every time you add food scraps, grass clippings or plant waste to your bin, throw in a few handfuls of leaves. In that way you will have a good carbon/nitrogen ratio and you will get fine compost in 6-8 months.

Chris Olsen of CTV News visited us at our garden and also visited the Vancouver Landfill where they make compost on a large scale.

See his news video on this page.

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Video by Chad Kimball. Raising Chickens In The City – Chicago Police Say NO. “Is it legal to keep chickens in the city of Chicago? Listen to conflicting information I receive from the police, the city clerk, and the legal department.”

The ‘City Chicken’ website keeps a list of laws from various North American cities regarding the keeping of chickens.

See the list here.