Seeds in the City
The Greening of Havana

This is the remarkable story of how the people of Havana have pulled themselves back from the brink of disaster.

Faced with food shortages and widespread hunger, city dwellers began growing food on rooftops, in schoolyards, and in front of office buildings.

Now there are 20,000 urban farms in a city better known for its music, dance and nightlife. Yet more than a million tons of food is produced within the city limits, about half of Havana’s nutritional requirements.

Most of it is organic.

The green revolution has changed communist Cuba in other ways, leading to the legalization of food markets and small businesses.

Join us on a visit to Havana rarely seen…. to ration shops, hospitals, and the homes of ordinary Cubans. And find out what the greening of Havana means to our own food security.

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