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24 Feb 2005
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Come hear...
JoJo Farrell of Human Rights organization GLOBAL EXCHANGE
speak on Cuba's innovative approach to organic farming.
TUESDAY, MARCH 1st
7:30pm
at Common Ground Food Co-op
610 E. Springfield Ave., Champaign
(Inside Illinois Disciples Foundation
@ the corner of Springfield Ave. & Wright St.) |
Interested in Organic Agriculture?
Come hear...
JoJo Farrell of Human Rights organization GLOBAL EXCHANGE
speak on Cuba's innovative approach to organic farming.
Cuban farmers and scientists have been striving to reinvent a sustainable agriculture based on ecological principles and local knowledge rather than imported agricultural inputs. Challenged with growing food for 11 million in the face of the continuing US embargo, Cuba embarked on the largest conversion to organic farming ever attempted.
Despite such noteworthy achievements, relations between the U.S. and Cuba are nearly as tense now as they were at the time of the Bay of Pigs invasion. Though 90% of licensed travel to Cuba has been cut, Global Exchange has been sending U.S. Citizens to Cuba for 15 years.
Documentary film "The Greening of Cuba" will be shown.
Fair Trade snacks will be served.
TUESDAY, MARCH 1st
7:30pm
at Common Ground Food Co-op
610 E. Springfield Ave., Champaign
(Inside Illinois Disciples Foundation
@ the corner of Springfield Ave. & Wright St.)
For more information, contact Common Ground : 352-3347 |
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