In pictures: Early farmers in Gozo

Photos of rural Gozo, its agriculture and workers of the land were mostly unsigned, except for those of Mikiel Farrrugia, ‘il-Badiku’, who dominated the Gozo postcard scene

Gozo has, since recorded times, been deemed to be more fertile than Malta, its soil more generous and its produce more attractive.On several occasions, when the food situation in Malta had reached dire levels, the small David came to the rescue of Goliath. The insufficiency of native foodstuffs, barely enough to cover a fraction of…

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