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 

A cooperative garden worker selling spring onions to a customer. The cooperative garden members feed their families with the produce and sell the rest from an outlet situated next to the garden compou 

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 

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

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

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 

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

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 

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

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

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. 

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 participant in the FAO microgarden project cultivating the plants. Basil is seen growing with onions, beets and leafy greens, as it acts as a natural pest repellent. The vegetables are grown in a mi 

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

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

A microgarden project participant pruning a basil plant. The participants are taught to plant natural insect repelling plants, such as basil, parsley and spearmint, next to the vegetable crops. 

A microgarden project participant pruning a basil plant. The participants are taught to plant natural insect repelling plants, such as basil, parsley and spearmint, next to the vegetable crops. 

A supervisor of 40 families involved in the FAO microgarden project paying a visit to a participant's house in the neighborhood of La Valle, above Caracas, to check on the progress of the garden and a 

Students at the Maria Taberoa Elementary School tending to the vegetable microgarden. The school has taken part in the project teaching the children about gardening and, by eating the resulting produc