Please join the Institute for Bioregional Studies on a tour that promises to be enlightening, informative, inspiring and entertaining. Why Cuba?
An agricultural system that promotes ecologically sustainable production thorough soil conservation, organic soil inputs, biological pest control, and the reincorporation of rural populations into agriculture may seem to be a utopian vision in much of the Western
world but it is nothing more than government policy in Cuba.
Prior to 1989 Cuban agriculture was based on large-scale, capital-intensive mono-culture. More than 90 percent of fertilizers and pesticides, were imported from abroad.
An agricultural system that promotes ecologically sustainable production thorough soil conservation, organic soil inputs, biological pest control, and the reincorporation of rural populations into agriculture may seem to be a utopian vision in much of the Western
world but it is nothing more than government policy in Cuba.
Prior to 1989 Cuban agriculture was based on large-scale, capital-intensive mono-culture. More than 90 percent of fertilizers and pesticides, were imported from abroad.
When trade relations with the socialist bloc collapsed, pesticides and fertilizers virtually disappeared, and the availability of petroleum for agriculture dropped by half. Food
imports also fell by more than a half. The result was that Cuba underwent a conversion from modern agro-chemical agriculture to organic or semi-organic farming.
In this sense, Cuba is breaking down the myths that have inhibited the widespread adoption of organic farming and is undergoing the largest conversion to organic farming in world history.
imports also fell by more than a half. The result was that Cuba underwent a conversion from modern agro-chemical agriculture to organic or semi-organic farming.
In this sense, Cuba is breaking down the myths that have inhibited the widespread adoption of organic farming and is undergoing the largest conversion to organic farming in world history.