Movie: You Think the Earth Is a Dead Thing

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Marie-Nicolette Reibec
Marie-Nicolette Reibec

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Suzette Mauzole
Suzette Mauzole

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Moïse Chérubin-Jeannette
Moïse Chérubin-Jeannette

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Emmanuel Nossin
Emmanuel Nossin

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Sylvie Boudre
Sylvie Boudre

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Anne-Lise Bellance
Anne-Lise Bellance

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Véronique Montjean
Véronique Montjean

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Marie-Jeanne Montjean
Marie-Jeanne Montjean

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Joseph Mauzole
Joseph Mauzole

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Arnaud de Meillac
Arnaud de Meillac

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    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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    2019-10-22

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    7.6

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