You Think the Earth Is a Dead Thing
You Think the Earth Is a Dead Thing

You Think the Earth Is a Dead Thing

7.6

1 hr 10 min

2019-10-22

4

Just one of the many far-reaching impacts of the slave trade on human history is on agriculture and horticulture. While the French plantation owners on the Caribbean island of Martinique had their gardens laid out, Versailles-style, their enslaved workers continued their tradition of using medicinal wild herbs. Nowadays these herbs represent one of several resources through which the people of Martinique counter the health and ecological ravage caused by the use of pesticides on the banana plantations. Farmers are reclaiming uncultivated lands to grow indigenous vegetables, without any industrial pesticides; they fight boldly for simple biodiversity.

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Marie-Nicolette Reibec

Marie-Nicolette Reibec

Self

Suzette Mauzole

Suzette Mauzole

Self

Moïse Chérubin-Jeannette

Moïse Chérubin-Jeannette

Self

Emmanuel Nossin

Emmanuel Nossin

Self

Sylvie Boudre

Sylvie Boudre

Self

Anne-Lise Bellance

Anne-Lise Bellance

Self

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