[cgfc] Organics in Cuba event tomorrow!

[Molly Stentz]

Please come join us tomorrow! JoJo has travelled from California to share 
his experiences with us  - this is a great opportunity to learn more...

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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
Illinois Disciples Foundation
(@ the corner of Springfield Ave. & Wright St.)

For more information, contact Common Ground : 352-3347

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