The Cuban Revolution was forced to take on new challenges in the early 1990s after the collapse of the Soviet Union, a turning point that sparked a radical overhaul of the island’s agricultural model that now stands as an example of the kind of food system transformation that is urgently needed around the world to slash fossil fuel dependency and mitigate the impacts of climate change. INTERVIEW: Cuba’s Sustainable Agro-Ecological Model Could Save the World…
Cuba’s agricultural revolution: Vanguard for global food system
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