Is a recession/depression ALL bad?

I subscribe to a newsletter titled Organic Bytes. It is produced by the Organic Consumers Association and its main purpose is.. of course... to promote organics.

One article in particular caught my eye this week. It was about a US delegation that is hoping to travel to Cuba to study their organic gardening infrastructure and processes.

Say what? Cuba? I would have never guessed! But I guess it is as the saying goes... "Necessity is the Mother of Invention". After being cut off from Russia's oil and decades of US embargoes, the country HAD to find a way to feed it's people. Without fuel for tractors and access to chemicals to aid in food production... they went local and organic. There is a video, about 8 minutes long, worth watching.

We could learn a bit from their "life lesson". Maybe we could adopt the same principles before the NEED to do so knocks on our door!

Comments: 13

Ishbel R. Mar 24, 2009, 11:22am EDT

I have bought ONLY organic meats for over 20 years - and lots of my vegetables are organic too. I try very hard to buy local, seasonal produce only. However, our climate in the UK means this is not possible during our long, cold, WET winters.

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fancy c. Mar 24, 2009, 11:35am EDT

THANKS

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Desiree T. Mar 24, 2009, 1:07pm EDT

thanks for the information

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Larry M. Mar 24, 2009, 2:04pm EDT

I have yet to run across anyone that didn't have something to teach me. That applies to nations as well as individuals.

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Pat V. Mar 24, 2009, 2:14pm EDT

There's good that comes out of almost anything! If more people turn to organic growing, they won't need so much of the expensive medicine. I would never have thought of things like that in Cuba, but it makes sense now.

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