- On a recent weekday, just a few miles
from where the government was holding military exercises preparing for a
foreign invasion, about a dozen senior citizens were gathered in a classroom
learning about another wartime innovation. “Vertical gardens were pioneered
during World War II,” a teacher said as he instructed them on how to turn
plastic bottles into planters that could be hung on a wall or balcony. “We need
to take advantage of every space possible.” This is Venezuela’s latest weapon
in its battle against hunger: urban agriculture. As the country has been
swamped with images of empty shelves, soul-crushing lines and food riots, the
administration is urging city-dwellers to embrace modern-day Victory Gardens. More…
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