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Chinampas of Mexico: Most Productive Agriculture EVER?

Andrew Millison · 1.5M views · 2022-04-14 · 17:24

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Permaculture instructor Andrew Millison visits the chinampas, the floating gardens of Xochimilco in Mexico City. He looks at this ancient Aztec agricultural system and the project restoring it.

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

Recommended by 3 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2023–2026

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Environment, agriculture & food systemsWorld history
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jacobolus · 2024-05 · Strong recommendation

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] , efforts to return a Hawaiian watershed to something like its historical state [LINK] , the Indian Paani Foundation's "water cup" to revitalize drought stricken villages [LINK] , and the difficulty of using ancient iron-saturated aquifers for irrigation in western Egypt [LINK]

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culi · 2026-04 · Recommendation

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]

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datameta · 2023-10 · Recommendation

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]

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