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Cuba's Security In Fresh Produce? -  Cuba's nationwide commitment to food self-sufficiency without reliance on chemical or mechanical technologies has borne some startlingly successful results.

 

The Next Revolution  (Terrain) - On thousands of urban gardens in Cuba, necessity has mothered a successful mix of organic methods, market strategies, and good eating.

 

 

CUBA: Natural Medicine Gains Wide Acceptance (Sacred Earth) - The impact of Cuba's decade-long economic crisis on the local health system has contributed to a boom in the popularity of traditional and herbal medicine.

 

 

The New Revolution - Urban Agriculture in Cuba - "Cuba has made what is probably the most immediate and far-reaching changeover from chemical-dependent agriculture to low-input, sustainable agriculture."

 

 

Policy Think Tank Releases New report On Cuba's Successful Organic Farms - First time any country has made the transition from chemical-intensive farming to sustainable agriculture on a national scale.

 

 

A Taste of Urban Agriculture in Havana - Tara McGee and Jen Pukonen are two young Canadian women working on urban agriculture projects in Cuba. They share some of their experiences with us here. February, 2002

 

 

Photos of Cuban Agriculture - What follows are some of the highlights of the urban farms we visited -- Cityfarmer.org.

 

 

Cuba Leads the World in Organic Farming - Didn’t catch this story on CBS? No surprise there; according to Project Censored, Cuba’s organic revolution ranks among the 15 most censored news stories of 2000

 

 

Farming with Fidel - Organic farming has taken root in Cuba because of a shortage in chemical pesticides and herbicides. Maybe the U.S. trade embargo isn't all bad.

 

Cuba producing, perhaps the "cleanest" food in the world - The Cuban revolutionary threat is back

 

 

A small agricultural market   An organopónico (organic garden) in the city of Havana.

· Havana: A City that can Save the World · Revolutionary Food · Permaculture in Cuba · The Big Green Experiment · Cuba's New Agriculture Revolution · Urban Gardens in Cuba · Green Medicine in Cuba · Eco Cuba Exchange · Greening of the Revolution · Cuba - On the cutting edge of renewing energy · Cuba Organic Support Group · Agriculture production in Cuba

 

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