Cuba already went through an energy famine - How they survived "peak oil" (53 mins)

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8. I think one very important distinction ...

They have been a sort of test case for truly independent solutions to food deserts, since the World Bank couldn't muscle in, as they once might have. They learned by trial and error local farming, then discovered the nature of the slow food movement, took it beyond the limited vegetable based diet they had. I didn't see too many heavy Cubans. Maybe bad teeth, but otherwise well developed and well nourished adults.

Sure, it isn't the United States, but the pockets of food deserts we have in the US can take a few lessons here.

One of the other things I've always understood about literacy there might have assisted with learning. They are more literate than we are in the US.

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