NEW DOCUMENTARY FROM CARIBBEAN AGROECOLOGY INSTITUTE NUESTRA AGROECOLOGIA, NUESTRO FUTURO (OUR AGROECOLOGY, OUR FUTURE) For more than 30 years, Cuba has been transforming its agrifood system, resulting in one of the most successful agroecological experiences in the world. Despite these successes, Cuba faces chronic challenges in the availability and access to food, which creates a kind of paradox and a space for misinformation.
Through the voices of Cuban farmers and specialists, Our Agroecology, Our Future explores the nuances of the successes and challenges and calls to continue harvesting the fruits of 30 years of agroecological construction to enter into a significant transformation of the Cuban agro-food system as a path to achieve the much-dreamed-of food sovereignty. Sign up to our listserve to find out when the video will be screening. See trailer below:
The Cuban Paradox, reflections from a recent trip to Cuba, a collaboration between A Growing Culture and Caribbean Agroecology Institute
Published in Orion Magazine, This Cuban Town has a Sustainability Lesson to Share, by Mario Machado and Margarita Fernandez, tells the inspiring story of La Picadora; a Cuban town that was once a vast sugar-cane monoculture, and is now a reference for agroecology and environmental conservation. The piece seamlessly navigates through Cuba’s agricultural history, food systems’ effects of the U.S. embargo and the national frameworks to confront global challenges such as the climate crisis.