Over 100,000 Eco-Farms in Cuba

[Mika]

Over 100,000 Eco-Farms in Cuba

Havana, Mar 18 (Prensa Latina) Cuba has more than 100,000 ecological farms to produce food without harming human beings or the environment, said an official of this sector on Tuesday.

National Small Farmers Association (ANAP) official Deborah la O Calana told Prensa Latina that the current goal is to increase and reinforce that initiative in the grass-roots organizations of that institution.

Calana recalled that the project began in 1997 to counteract the use and abuse of agro-chemicals, which cause cardiovascular and respiratory diseases.

Pro ecology Cuban farmers produced and used more than 100,000 tons of worm humus across the country last year.

Central Villa Clara province and eastern Holguin province are the top provinces in the agroecology sector, whose experiences will be presented at a national workshop scheduled for May.

In Cuba, the From Farmer to Farmer Movement is in charge of promoting organic agriculture.

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[RaleighNCDUer]

1. Cool.

Now if we could only restore relations with them, we might learn how to do it too.

[redstateblues]

2. That's great- What about freedom of speech? Green dictatorship

doesn't sound all that appealing.

[alittlelark]

3. When the next global recession hits (caused by the US $ decline)

They will be sitting pretty.

[formercia]

5. Oil and gas fields off the Cuban coast

It seems the embargo has backfired big time. Our former enemies are getting some payback. it would not surprise me if they don't feel charitable towards our economic predicament.

It looks like Fidel gets the last laugh.

[eridani]

4. "Farmer to Farmer" = dictatorship?

I rather imaging they are doing it without state interference.

[Mika]

6. They are doing this in concert with their government.

Cuba is a leader in organic methodologies. They have had to learn because of the cut-off from trade and subsidization by the USSR. Most especially petroleum based farming chemistry.

Cuba and organic farming

[eridani]

8. What I meant was that they are not following orders from the state

The state is presumably supporting their efforts at self-organization.

[Mika]

9. Yep. I get it.

:thumbsup:

I've been to Cuba many times.

[Dead_Parrot]

7. Yet, few of them have broadband...

...Take your pick.