NOW AVAILABLE ON VIDEO CASSETTE
"The Greening of Cuba"
VHS, 38 minutes.
In Spanish with English subtitles.
[Also available in Spanish without subtitles.]
World Premier at the 1996 San Francisco Environmental
Film Festival
Canadian Premier at the 1996 Third World Film Festival
in Edmonton, Canada
Produced by Food First
Directed by Jaime Kibben
The Greening of Cuba profiles Cuban farmers and
scientists working to reinvent sustainable agriculture,
based on ecological principles and local knowledge
rather than imported agricultural inputs. In their
quest for self sufficiency, Cubans combine time-tested
traditional methods with cutting edge biotechnology.
When trade relations with the socialist block collapsed
in 1990, Cuba lost 80% of its pesticide and fertilizer
imports and half its petroleum Q the mainstays of its
highly industrialized agriculture. Challenged with
growing food for 11 million in the face of the
continuing U.S. embargo, Cuba embarked on the largest
conversion to organic farming ever attempted.
Told in the voices of the women and men Q the
campesinos, researchers, and organic gardeners Q who are
leading the organic agriculture movement, The Greening
of Cuba reminds us that developed and developing nations
alike can choose a healthier environment and still feed
their people.
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