What is permapiculture? From the Millalonco Rankewe community in Bariloche, Laura Vega strives to obtain honey with the

Due to the difficulties inherent in the mountain climate, agricultural and livestock productions in the Patagonian region have been drastically modified or reduced. There are no longer the workers of the land as there were at the beginning of the last century, but those who remain subsist under adverse conditions. It was a region where agricultural colonies had wheat and oat crops, horticultural production, and livestock groups that have been transforming. This is somewhat the story of San Carlos de Bariloche, an area that had to adjust to the tourist exploitation of its charms, and whose momentum also reached producers and the natural wealth environment. Among the few remaining producers, there are indigenous communities. Laura Vega belongs to the Millalonco Rankewe Community, located 11 kilometers from the center of Bariloche on route number 82 and facing Cerro Otto. Near Lake Gutiérrez, the community has a long history of horticultural production for self-consumption. "We have ...