In Mexico City, a 700-year-old Aztec farming technique is giving a sustainable edge to modern agriculture. It was early on a Sunday morning, and I was in the Floating Gardens of Xochimilco, 28km south ...
Chinampas are part of an agricultural system developed during the Aztec Empire in shallow lakes or marshes in the southern valley of what is today Mexico City. The system consists of elevated, narrow ...
Cassandra Garduno cuts Mexican marigold flowers known as cempasuchil she grew in her floating garden (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved ...
In 1987, UNESCO declared the Xochimilco wetland area in southern Mexico City a World Heritage Site, recognizing in particular its chinampas, an ancient agricultural system in use since the time of the ...
This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Women in Mexico are buying chinampas, ancient Aztec island farms, to preserve a threatened ecosystem through ...
This story was originally published by Atlas Obscura and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In the south of Mexico City, about 100 miles of murky canals wind their way ...
The floating farms known as “chinampas” may have something to teach Venetians and the world. By Ray Mark Rinaldi Reporting from Mexico City Mexico City’s small urban farms — known locally as chinampas ...
A squadron of pelicans plunges into the waters of Lake Xochimilco, south of Mexico City. Standing in the shallows a pair of elegant white herons gaze at a group of tourists on a garish, flat-bottomed ...
In Mexico City, a 700-year-old Aztec farming technique is giving a sustainable edge to modern agriculture. Hundreds of tourists throng the canals of Xochimilco every weekend for a flamboyant display ...
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