Women like Edith, who created an urban farm from scratch, were an integral part of revolutionizing the way food was grown and distributed in the country. I hailed a taxi from a street corner in Sancti Spíritus. Twice a day, the driver unloaded his horse’s waste at various composting collection sites set up in Sancti Spíritus. In Sancti Spíritus, Edith walked through the neighborhoods, searching for abandoned land. At the manure composting centers in Sancti Spíritus, she collected bags of horse manure from the taxi drivers.