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South Dakota ANSWER Film Series 

"The Greening of Cuba

Tuesday, July 14 - 7PM 

Black Sheep Coffee House

1007 W. 11th St.  Sioux Falls

 

Witness an entire nation transforming its agriculture using organic techniques.  

The Greening of Cuba profiles Cuban farmers and scientists working to reinvent a sustainable agriculture, without the benefit of imported machinery and agro-chemicals.     

When trade relations with the socialist bloc collapsed in 1990, Cuba lost 80% of its pesticide and fertilizer imports and half of its petroleum - the mainstays of its highly industrialized agriculture.

Challenged with growing food for 11 million people in the face of the continuing U.S. embargo, Cuba embarked on the largest conversion to organic farming ever attempted. The Greening of Cuba is told in the voices of the campesinos, researchers, and organic gardeners who are leading the organic agriculture movement.

This moving video reminds us that entire nations can choose a healthier environment and still feed their people.

38 minutes.  Spanish with English subtitles.

 


 

Visibility Event

 

Last Saturday of every month - 1 PM 

at the corner of 13th and Minnesota

(while construction lasts)

 

Please join us for an anti-war walk downtown.  Rain or shine.

 

 

 

 


 

 

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