When there was no food

as AmeriKKKa continues to collapse, EDU-tain yourselves with this one hour documentary on how Cuba survived and learned to thrive after it’s time of AGRIBUSINESS/post peak oil inspired crisis:

https://youtu.be/aeM5emtaVC0?si=N5cE-f8oX6kElLrp

Here’s my cliff notes:

– average Cuban citizen lost 25 pounds

– as Soviet Union fell Cuba was importing 80% of its agribusiness based economy

– agribusiness was geared to exports not sustenance economy (tobacco

– the United States expanded and tightened its embargo at this time

– PREVENTED HOARDING Cuba rationed food and distributed along guidelines of world health organization for minimal daily calorie intake

– everyone in Cuba learned to grow food on any piece of land in an organic way (trial and error)

–1992 Australia began permaculture “ train the trainer” program “ it's not the technology. It's the human connection”

– Cubans were living on two dollars a month

– Cubans farmers now among the highest paid profession in Cuba with many people attracted to it

–took 3-5 years to REHABITITATE the soil from agribusiness

–11% of C. American scientists (2% of pop); created biopesticides and biofertilizers

–older farmers trained oxen and oxen drivers “did it because they had to”

–thousands MOVED RURAL to farm/private farms and cooperatives; fed neighbors/day care centers/old folks (gift economy; not barter)

–now working on transportation and housing

–free health care and schools continued thru Special Period

–kept lifespan of US (lives on ⅛ consumption of a US person)

–CUBA expanded medical training/exports MDs/Barters MDs to Venuzuela for oil

–everyone has a place to live