Subject: Re: [permaculture] Dacha gardeners feeding the Russian nation | In 2011 the dacha gardens of Russia produced 40% of the nation's food.
Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 14:36:11 -0400
On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 3:34 AM, <dwoodard@becon.org> wrote:
>
> Ioffe, Nefedova and Zaslavsky quote Vladimir Kagansky in a Russian
> magazine article of 2003: "In Bashkiriya [Bashkortostan, a Muslim Tatar
> area east of the Volga near Kazan], the traditional countryside is
> alive, a true village is still around....In rural Bashkiriya, they work
> a great deal, build a lot, and drink rarely - this alone makes the rural
> Bashkirian hinterland amazing beyond belief."
>
>
> They go on to comment "Large families, widespread mutual assistance and
> coordination between rural households, and incomparably less heavy
> drinking (or no drinking at all) distinguish rural communities in Muslim
> republics."
>
Re: [permaculture] Dacha gardeners feeding the Russian nation | In 2011 the dacha gardens of Russia produced 40% of the nation's food.,
Lawrence London, 05/19/2013