Fields For Days

Stretching the length of four football pitches, the plot in Manguinhos is said to be the largest community garden in Latin America. Nurtured to life via agroecological practices, the gardens produce organic food that is then supplied to people living in surrounding communities. Hortas Cariocas is run and funded by the municipality, but each garden is tended by a group of locals who receive a small stipend for their work. “We don’t earn very much, but we have a lot of fun,” says Rosilde