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While Cuba originally welcomed organic and urban farming experts from other countries, it is now a source of expertise to others. A parade of visitors from all over the world (including many visitors from the United States) visit Havana regularly to find out why urban farming has been so successful there. And Cuban experts travel abroad to provide advice. (In Venezuela this had created a political controversy – see the Resources section to find out more).

Soon more than half of the world’s people will live in cities, and many scientists and environmentalists think it makes more sense for fresh food to be grown in or near cities rather than be transported great distances. (One study found that the average food product sold in New York City had traveled 2000 kilometers). Urban agriculture has been widely practiced in China for centuries, and it is important in African and Latin American countries too. As many as 800 million city dwellers world-wide do some kind of farming.

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