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You Think the Earth Is a Dead Thing

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.

Top Cast

  • 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

  • Véronique Montjean

    Véronique Montjean

    Self

  • Marie-Jeanne Montjean

    Marie-Jeanne Montjean

    Self

  • Joseph Mauzole

    Joseph Mauzole

    Self

Overview

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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