VENEZUELA 2003. An urban garden cooperative member cultivating the lettuce beds. In the background city highrises can be seen of downtown Caracas. 

VENEZUELA 2003. Urban garden cooperative workers discussing details of the garden. In the background city highrises can be seen of downtown Caracas. 

VENEZUELA 2003. An urban garden cooperative worker aerating the soil of a lettuce bed. 

VENEZUELA 2003. An urban garden cooperative worker aerating the soil of a lettuce bed. 

VENEZUELA 2003. In the foreground an urban garden cooperative member at work adjusting an irrigation hose while another, in the background, aerates the soil of a lettuce bed. 

VENEZUELA 2003. Urban garden cooperative workers laying down irrigation lines in a lettuce bed. 

VENEZUELA 2003. An urban garden cooperative worker rinsing some spring onions he just harvested. 

VENEZUELA 2003. An urban garden cooperative member bringing new baskets of beets and lettuce to the outlet that sells the produce to the general public. 

An urban garden cooperative worker rinsing harvested chard. The urban agriculture compost-based garden is run by a cooperative of seven members with no previous agricultural experience. They were trai 

Urban garden cooperative members planting seedlings of lettuce. The urban agriculture compost-based garden is run by a cooperative of seven members with no previous agricultural experience. They were 

An urban garden cooperative member displaying some baby bell peppers grown in the garden. The vegetables not consumed by the cooperative members in Chuplum are sold next to the field. As soon as the f 

An urban garden cooperative member irrigates a crop of vegetables while another observes. The urban agriculture compost-based garden is run by a cooperative of seven members with no previous agricultu 

VENEZUELA 2003. Daily life in the hill towns of Caracas. The FAO project microgardens can been seen just outside a participant's home. 

VENEZUELA 2003. Daily life in the hill towns of Caracas. The FAO project microgardens can been seen just outside a participant's home. 

VENEZUELA 2003. A worker with a wheelbarrow helping in the construction of vegetable garden containers in an urban garden center launched by FAO and the Venezuelan Government. 

An urban garden cooperative worker harvesting vegetables. The urban agriculture compost-based garden is run by a cooperative of seven members with no previous agricultural experience. They were traine 

A cooperative garden worker weighing lettuce for a customer. The cooperative garden members feed their families with the produce and sell the rest from an outlet situated next to the garden compound t 

VENEZUELA 2003. A worker with a wheelbarrow helping in the construction of vegetable garden containers in an urban garden center launched by FAO and the Venezuelan Government. 

A chalkboard lists the fresh vegetables with prices on sale that day in the outlet situated next to the urban garden cooperative compound. The cooperative garden members feed their families with the p 

VENEZUELA 2003. Workers assembling vegetable garden containers with cinder blocks for an urban garden center launched by FAO and the Venezuelan Government.