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You just nailed! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

It gives maximum produce but it is also labour intensive to maintain the canal system and the fields. Definitely cannot be described as "minimum effort".

@@jirislavicek9954 every kind of agriculture is labour intensive and using machines or chemicals only outsources that labour to polluting factories and refineries, This is the most efficient way to grow food, period. No water pumps needed, no tilling needed, no fertilizer, no pesticide and the whole thing can be done in a couple of weeks.

Innovative Indigenous agriculture 😄☀️🪶

Really interesting. Thanks for sharing :-)

Dayum!! You overdid it! If you didn’t get a A+, you were cheated!

I did some research to as part of my landscape architecture history class, and one of those management reasons could be that once the Spanish settled they stop their composting system that created the chinampas in the first place. Basically all the city waste (human waste too) was composted and layered into each chinampa. The city therefore expanded alongside its population.

perhaps with an efficient private system this can rise to stratospheric levels

@Nooneinparticular987 yet even the perfect system without labor is not productive. I think you're imagining an alternate reality because in your argument you support the high complexity of the chinampa yet it doesn't work as it should in paper because all the political reasons surrounding the ecocide since the viceroyalty and nowadays the urban era of the México basin. Without the political and economic structures there wasn't the need to designing the chinampa in the first place and then how to maintain it and exploiting it, that's why it's dying.

i thought borneo is mostly rainforests instead of wet swampy areas like xochimilco! how do you apply the chinampas principles to your project in borneo?

I want to implement this system in flood plains in the U.K. Obviously the lake would be semi-artificial, but where I’m from there used to be a lot more swamp which have all been drained so it could help with rewilding was at the moment these areas are generally meadows that occasionally flood.

@@James-sk4db What's the water quality like where you are? I wonder if this works in brackish water?

@@scientifico fresh, I imagine you could do something similar on manggroves but your farmables would be quite limited,

Very nice job! I'm from Malaysia, hope to meet you some day an do.something together!

Purposely …. These weirdos tryna go to mars after they F*** our planet

that is nonsense...typically written by someone who hates any growing system that is not their favourite......modern agriculture feeds 7-8 billion people everyday of the year ..how often do you go hungry ,,,,probably never..........say thankyou modern agricultural methods

Then we give them credit for? Who doesn't think that indigenous agricultural societies that lived on the land for generations and depended on them for everything didn't know intricate details of great magnitude. It's arrogant to even question that.

Ever hear of the dust bowl? That’s what happened but literally decades have gone into learning to work soil in ways that does not destroy the soil. Think you don’t give enough credit to modern day

@@michaelmiguel6937 dust bowl product of modern ag. The things we "learn" were all ready known before... except synthetics, gmo, Monsanto, etc.

I feel the same way, I think this type of system would be great in places that are seeing drought that are having water deficits, we must think out of the box, this was done out of necessity and like the video here illustrates, the soil that is produced is some of the best and that is what we need now, this is the type of program that should have been attempted back during the Dust Bowl when our government admitted that it needed to change the way agriculture is done. They did not change anything really in a revolutionary way, they simply brought in Monsanto to create seed that is Monsanto seed and Monsanto fertilizer along with Cargill and companies like this. Our government even created a program to combat these issues, but it appears that nothing much really was improved so much as they created ways of changing the seed, the fertilizer, the pesticides in order not to need good fertile soil. This policy has created devastation as much water is needed for this process that could have been seriously improved more than 90 years ago. We are in serious trouble right now, there is drought everywhere, water levels are falling, we need something truly revolutionary to farm with less water and in a way that will replenish the soil, this is a serious contender honestly.

I don't understand what you mean by. The agricultural landscape. That has nothing to do with where Hydroponics was based. That was my statement

@@larrymarron1170 you mean cultural landscape? Check this out ukposts.info/have/v-deo/qaSrdqRsoZxeyJ8.html

@@nicholecollins6126 wise

FUCK IT UTOPIA NOW :)

That's great!

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@@VeganSemihCyprus33 🙌 so funny bc when guys by my house see me working outside (I'm a woman), digging the chinampa-style garden or removing invasives from the forest by hand they say, "you know there's a machine for that" or "you're going to need a tractor". I say, "nah" and they just laugh at me. But I hope it makes them think a bit, realizing they don't have to destroy so much to get something done. 😏

So when can we see a video of your garden? 😊

@@aaaaaa2206 anyone who drives past my house can see it! 🤣

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Hopefully theres some way to sequester inorganics before they reach the main body of water, ive heard some plants being able to but whether they exist in this area or are even enough to protect them idk

Many inorganic compounds can be broken down depending on concentration in biodynamic and organic processes that convert the energy inputs into raw materials and building blocks for other processes. The concentration can over tax the productivity. The key is to work together not let the greed of a few kill the bounty for all.

@@mmac4047 this is an assumption that works only when there is no corruption or other financial interests...and Mexico is not very known to efficiently counter that

Some crops do a gear job at pulling up heavy metals like hemp.

@Tsukanoma Woodworks Yes, the “Conquistador” mindset of raping the colonies for everything you can in the short term, and screw the sustainability.

@Tsukanoma Woodworks good for you for going the permaculture route. Don’t get discouraged. I have had better luck using floating row covers to limit insect pests. Helps with the late and early frosts as well.

@Tsukanoma Woodworks no, it wasn't spanish water management. It was mexican water management. Even 100 yrs ago there were a lot of rivers and streams, 200 yrs ago there still was a lot of water. It was Mexican "modernity" that destroyed everything.

@@codniggh1139 i agree but like we as modern mexicans and as westernized projects of nation state building and economy, are totally heirs of Spain and hispanic culture, especially in Mexico City and central Mexico

@@Smoug Hell your Landowning class are the direct descendents of the wealthy well connected Aristocrats who migrated to the Spanish colonies.

Thank you Andrew, in this internet age people need to be more aware of the practices of ancient cultures and what they did to live harmoniously with the world around them!!! It's a skill we have truly lost in this modern age 😪

I was really surprised at how amazing Mexico City was as a whole. I'd only heard stories of pollution, poverty, and crime. It is a true gem of a place.

@@amillison not to mention the public art!

I met many Americans who don't even know where Canada is on a map 😂 (I'm from Québec, so they also don't have any clue that there are french speakers over here)

@@AliAhmed-zg7wl I'm replying to the first comment stating that Americans don't know much about Mexico, which doesn't surprise me as they don't know anything about where I'm from neither even though we live just a few hours from each other. Why do you sound so angry at such a simple statement talking about what most probably comes from a failure of the American education system and not people themselves???? And what does your stereotypes even have to do with what I said?

Except i would be scared of snakes and gators

@@noivern1380 Not in México city

@@noivern1380 the Mexican highlands does not have crocodilians (but in the lowlands). There are some big snakes and lots of spiders outside Mexico City

Anywhere with wetlands, really... I'm in New England near old sandstone quarries, and this would be awesome here

@@zmanx88 we can build like raised mounds/ bog paths like pond bridges/docks. Louisiana , Mississippi and Alabama too, anywhere along the gulf coast that is going to experience sea level rise anyway.

This made me smile. Thanks for sharing!

Is there anything dangerous in the water? Obviously drowning was probably her main concern but does it have a lot of poisonous snakes and such?

​@@ArcAngle1117 not really but the canal itself, the vegetation from the bottom and the mud could trap you and it can be very difficult to get out. I live in Xochimilco and I've heard and read of cases where mainly drunk folks fall and don't get out. Other than that, only infections and rashes because water is very polluted sadly. You can find rattlesnakes in the natural reserve, not in populated areas.

unfortunately while there are a lot of similarities, the current polder system relies a lot on fertilizer use and monoculture, so it is not as sustainable as the system described in this video. There are also good practices however and they are the most productive fields in the world.

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I got tulips from Amsterdam in my garden

I really appreciate you making the connection between similar agricultural systems seen in other wetland / deltas around the world. Can you think of others than Mexico City and the Netherlands?

@@HaakSO There is this crazy video about papua new guinea. Check out this video, it maybe older then the Chinampa\s from mexico. I think the Nijl delta in Afrika used simular uses but with a river. And in souther parts of Iraq it used to be swamp, where they also found evidence for huge agriculture on the rivers. but check this link: ukposts.info/have/v-deo/sql_n5iWqKCUsIE.html&ab_channel=DiscoveryChannelSoutheastAsia

"we"? A fool's errand to to attempt to "de-complicate" the federal government in order to live, eat, and breathe more healthfully locally.

@@tefinnegan5239 It makes absolute sense to. We need to pressure stores about what we want to eat, they will in turn pressure government to change the rules to protect their profitability. It's how the rules were put in place in the first case. We can contribute there, too by pressuring regulators and politicians. The thing is is we must change our buying habits and put pressure on stores. Anything less is intellectual dishonesty.

@@b_uppy The insurance companies are in cahoots BIG BANKS and with BIG AG and with BIG OIL providing petrochemicals used in making BIG AGRO-CHEMICALS like fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, makers of irrigation equipment, tractors (they do not want them re-engineered to meet the new needs), and others. The Federal Government is in the pockets of the powerful lobbies representing these companies and banks. The list of EVIL VESTED SELFISH INTERESTS is endless!

@@b_uppy The chinampas is the world's first hydroponics system and first aquaponics system that is a self-sustaining food chain cycle ecosystems maintaining an enclosed and close-loop regenerative agricultural system. Combine that with rock dust remineralization and with biochar and the yields will be enormous.

With regular cover cropping and other proper land management techniques, you don't really need insurance after few years of good soil care.

The way I imagine it: build those people a 5 story building, and build the farms around them. Then they could use canoes as transport, and let people move in to live that peaceful lifestyle if they want it.

@@TyrianHaze oh amigo, it sounds kind of nice, but sadly an impossible dream 😕

Right. But still that this system has been sustained at all in such a place given the sheer scale of DF basin and what all has come & gone.... Truly unreal to me. I only was there in Puebla City 2007-2011, never knew of this place, but was in DF for various things enough to more less see the city. I'll never ceased to be amazed by MX & people. Despite the corruption thing. Tbh, it all seems better than my life in Wisconsin & the prospects of life in the US going forward.

@@genossinwaabooz4373 with my last period in the usa, i agree 😕

Many ecological activists have tried to change the situation in my country, but they all end up dead, many efforts have been done but only a few have been “successful”. Over 70% of our rivers are used as sewers, some of them have been dry for over ten years , they are now building the maya train which is devastating some of the natural areas we have left, we don’t have that many left, by the year 1992 we had already devastated 90% of our lacandona forest, I live now in Oaxaca, rivers are being devastated by the extraction of river sand, there is a huge garbage dump right in front of a vegetable and fruit market in the capital you literally just walk right next to it, and you can see the pollution in the air, the quality of the water is really really bad, Canadians and Americans are building with no control on the beaches, huatulco specially, playa tejon looks really bad, they are building really close to the beach, I was born in one of the most polluted cities of my country, and no matter where I go, i see devastation, it breaks my heart

You should go see them. It's absolutely epic!

@@amillison Would love to, but it's a long way to Mexico... What I can imagine with the city around them, is that they become not only a hub for food production again, but for recreation.

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What plants do you grow? I live in the high desert. Dry land farming is basically dead here. There are remnants of dry land farming but most people have no idea.

Dry Farming? thas really cool, I'm from Arizona and I would like to learn more from it. thanbks.

@@abzafox7777 try moringa :)

Seems like many people would love to learn from you! :)

we out put hundreds of times more food than the ENTIRE ancient world did combined. we modern people objectively know far more about farming than we used to. seriously this idea that human sacrificing mud farmers know more than we do know with the internet and the ability to land humans safely on other stellar bodys is absurd.

Add some bananas too they can't get enough water and swamp mallow which is medicinal.

@@msdramamusic I have already planted 3 Banana plants, as there is sufficient water to water them I have also planted Ginger lily and taro to take advantage of the soil conditions

That's good

Yo si mi buen… es un lugar espectacular y lleno de Nuestra Cultura… 😊

Cuando estaba en la universidad expuse todo sobre el ajolote, estaba tan fascinado con el animal que cuando supe de todos los problemas a los que se enfrenta y que por eso está en peligro de extinción mi ánimo se vino abajo, una lastima que la mayoría de los lugareños no cuiden tan bello lugar con tan extraordinaria fauna y flora

And that’s just the tip of the cultural iceberg

i think it's called companion planting. the eastern woodlands indians in NA did this: The Three Sisters, the Four, Five and Six Sisters. Apparently each plant shelters the other(s) from various pests and plants.

@@STScott-qo4pw Yes. And example in the SW, they'd managed to store up maize/grain reserves 7 years worth as a practice when colonizers arrived & trashed it all.

milpa

Thank you so much for the thoughtful comment. I appreciate the kind words. You're so welcome, it's my pleasure to create this kind of content. :)

Definitely!

Try it.

How do you get rid of the toxins?

@@christinebaker3293 guess it depends on the toxins. excess nitrates from farm run off and animal warehouses can be fixed with plant growth. pesticides are much harder but I would imagine having the water run through gravel and then grown into hardy plants that you then dont use or burn. But some pesticides and forever chemicals seem to be too much

@@christinebaker3293 what type of toxins ? Are you familiar by chance ?

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Ik neem de baan. Maar ik moet eerst nederlands leren.

Half the netherlands could be in chinampa system! 😉😁

@@matthiasbrunger1179 ... with Maastricht stick out above the climate change floods... ... occupied by the Mountaineering Club of the Netherlands. : )))))))

@@amillison Don't worry Andrew, we speak English. If you use simple terms even the older politicians will understand.

Hey Andre, I like your spirit. There are fantastic water management strategies for hillsides that are different than the ones used for a nearly flat lake bottom. Check out other videos from this channel, and I’ll bet you’ll find inspiration

Swales, berms and key line are the terms you seek. Andrew has videos on all of these.

Ingenuity.

Thanks for the kind words :-)

isn’t your country trying to reforest the sahara?

@@ralfantino2291 We are trying to reforest the inhabited areas, because the desert is advancing at high speed. Reforesting the Sahara is a challenge that we are trying to face, but it is an extremely difficult task because of the politics of our country. I started planting tree around the town but our country need more. People should be concern about this danger.

@@boubacarmoustapha despite the hardships, I’ve heard that thousands of trees have been planted in your country with the use of FMNR

@@ralfantino2291 Yes, and there are many organizations that are helping to mitigate desertification. In fact, what we need is to implement permaculture to restore nature, by planting fruit trees and growing usable crops. Until now, Niger does not produce enough food for the population. That is why my family and I are restoring some land and trying to plant more fruit trees because most of the trees in Niger do not produce edible fruit. My father has restored more than 300 hectares, but unfortunately, the shepherds use to bringing their flocks to the farm, in the end, the crops are threatened.

@@boubacarmoustapha congrats, your family is doing a good job, I hope your crops survive and you get a good harvest

They are so cool, funky and cute at the same time! I really hope they dont go extinct 😟🙏🏼

Who would have known that Mexico City was once a giant lake? Oh I don't know, maybe millions of Mexicans and 100s of 1000s if not millions of educated and inquisitive people worldwide that have ever heard of geography, history, colonialism and early mesoamerican cultures?

@@ajusa2024 clever, your genius elitist troll comment produces such value to society and to the readers here. I’m sorry for not taking the exact right courses in school, -you must be really well balanced and happy in the real world…👌🔥🎇⚔️🍻

@@TheNewMediaoftheDawn 😘😘😘😘

Really interesting!

It's the other way around; the urban sprawl is rapidly devouring and polluting what little remains of the chinampas. Where did you get your "85 percent of Mexico City land is used for agriculture"? There is hardly any land left for agriculture in the City itself, or its surroundings for that matter, as it is ever expanding, destroying everything in its wake.

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Moctezuma*

The Aztecs actually did that. They had sort of barges that floated on the lakes.

If you come and want an interpreter/ guide let me know! I know of a tour where you can learn about all of this very hands on

Hi, i am in florida and can picture this method in many of our lakes. I say go for it my only concern is alligators and snakes