The Chinampas in Xochimilco - The Atlas Obscura Podcast

Reporter Teresa de Miguel joins host Kelly McEvers to talk to her about these floating gardens called Chinapas in Xochimilco, Mexico City. Today, many of these chinampas are vanishing but efforts are being made to preserve them. This story Teresa reported was a collaboration between the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/mexico-xochimilco-chinampas-women-island-farms-427086e05486eedbceb478c6dc6cb819" target="_blank">Associated Press </a>and <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2025/10/women-in-mexico-step-up-to-protect-the-island-farms-traditionally-inherited-by-men/" target="_blank">Mongabay</a>. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.