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Cuba Aims for More Foreign Investment In Agriculture Sector

Daily Video June 22 2015

What can we learn from Cuba’s organic farms?

After the fall of the Soviet Union, the government offered state-owned farms to anyone prepared to grow food to help feed the suffering population. Without pesticides, fertilizer or fuel for tractors, Cubans turned to organic farming.

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