Cuba’s Urban Farming Shows Way to Avoid Hunger

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By Climate News NetworkNov 12, 2019, 4:32 pm293 pts
By Paul Brown When countries run short of food, they need to find solutions fast, and one answer can be urban farming. That was the remedy Cuba seized with both hands 30 years ago when it was confronted with the dilemma of an end to its vital food imports. And what worked then for Cuba could have lessons today…

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