Chinampas of Mexico: Most Productive Agriculture EVER?

Why HN readers recommended it

HN recommends it as a clear introduction to chinampas and an example of productive agroforestry.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Andrew Millison

Topic

chinampa agriculture

Format

documentary

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

3

Recommendation years in dataset

2023–2026

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From the original HN conversations

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• I recently came across the videos of Oregon State horticulturalist Andrew Millison, who is an amazingly clear presenter about permaculture: [LINK] For example, he has nice videos about chinampas in Mexico [VIDEO] , a medieval Indian canal tunnel of a style found throughout Iran [LINK] …

• The chinampas are a super neat example of agroforestry. The soil is extremely dark (like Ukrainian chernozem or better) and has a very low depletion per cycle. Some still exist and are being stewarded toward renewal and proliferation! [LINK] [VIDEO]

• This is awesome, thanks for sharing. Andrew Wilson, who works with the United Nations World Food Program, also made an in-depth minidoc on them: [VIDEO]