Agriculture

When the pandemic disrupted livelihoods and supply chains, young urban Mexicans decided to learn to grow food themselves.

›](https://worldcrunch.com/tech-science/in-tunisia-a-digital-revolution-for-agriculture-takes-root) [Aline Suárez del Real](https://globalpressjournal.com/reporter/aline-suarez-del-real/) is a Global Press Journal reporter based in Tecámac, in the state of Mexico. “This is a struggle, it’s a resistance, it’s a question of food sovereignty — and we want to understand how farming works in our country,” she says. [Adriana Alcázar González](https://globalpressjournal.com/reporter/rosario-adriana-alcazar-gonzalez/) is a Global Press Journal reporter based in San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico. [Urban Gardening Takes Root In Egypt - Worldcrunch ›](https://worldcrunch.com/impact-organic-revolution/urban-gardening-takes-root-in-egypt) [Is This How To Save European Agriculture? [a predominantly indigenous population](https://worldcrunch.com/culture-society/indigenous-in-cities), goes to the garden three times a week. In exchange, she offers weekly embroidery classes to the other participants. We wanted to take our children out of the fields because it is a lot of work and little pay. Emerging collectives of young adults and children sought to reclaim public spaces, such as the Tlaxcala neighborhood square, to grow vegetables and encourage traditional artistic activities. “All the members share what they know with others — knitting, embroidery, singing, playing the guitar, writing poems — while they grow onions, cilantro, chard, cabbage and carrots.” “There are plenty of spaces on the outskirts of urban areas where agriculture was practiced before,” she says. This was just one of many lessons learned by returning to the earth, Félix says.