Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Rio’s urban gardens produce healthy food for the poor

Rio's urban

Gun-toting youths watch over a street in a Rio de Janeiro slum hit hard by drug trafficking but walk a bit further and this rough area also boasts the largest urban vegetable garden in Latin America. This success story is unfolding in a favela called Manguinhos in the north of Rio and thrives as the … Read more