Mexico City's floating gardens have fed people for hundreds of years. Now they're threatened
Mexico City's chinampas, artificial islands first built by the Aztecs hundreds of years ago, are under threat from ...
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Mexico City’s floating gardens were built by the Aztecs – now they are under threat
The chinampas are among the significant features that led Mexico City’s historic centre to become a heritage site ...
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Mexico wants you to adopt an axolotl, the amphibian that never grows up
And for those wanting to splurge a bit more, participants can adopt the axolotl’s refuge of chinampas — the artificial islands that dot Lake Xochimilco — for one, six or 12 months starting at $450.
Mexico City’s floating gardens under threat from urbanization
Mexico City's chinampas, artificial islands first built by the Aztecs hundreds of years ago, are under threat from ...
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Ancient Aztec floating farms revived to protect the endangered axolotl
In 1987, UNESCO declared the Xochimilco wetland area in southern Mexico City a World Heritage Site, recognizing in particular ...
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Mexico City sees potential soccer fields. But garden farmers fight to preserve a legacy.
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Mexico City’s floating gardens have fed people for hundreds of years. Now they’re threatened
Mexico City's chinampas, artificial islands first built by the Aztecs hundreds of years ago, are under threat from encroaching urbanization MEXICO CITY -- Cassandra Garduño squinted in the ...
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Mexico City’s floating gardens have fed people for hundreds of years. Now they’re threatened
Food from these islands has fed people for hundreds of years, but the chinampas are under threat from urbanization. The produce grown here doesn’t fetch much money, and many families are ...