In Cuba, the transition from industrial agriculture towards agroecology since the Special
Period of the early 1990s has provided both an incredible example for alternative …

Cuba's transition to agroecology is perhaps as widely known as it is misunderstood. In
response to the economic crisis of the early 1990s, the Cuban agricultural sector largely …

In the last thirty years, Cuba and its capital Havana have become homes to one of the most
vibrant urban agricultural movements in the world. This article argues that urban agriculture …

Civil-society-centric and globalist conceptions of food sovereignty neglect the fact that food
sovereignty depends not only on the counterhegemonic conquest of civil society but also on …

Offering a rare glimpse of rural life in modern-day Cuba, this book examines how ordinary
Cubans carve out their own spaces for 'appropriate'acts of consumption, exchange, and …

Cuba's experience in sustainable agriculture and agroecology has been the subject of much
international attention, particularly as advocates of agroecology aim to demonstrate the …

Cuba stands out among Latin American nations for its efforts to institutionalize food
sovereignty (FS) through the promotion of alternative small‐scale farming, making it a prime …

Agroecology has played a key role in helping Cuba survive the acute crisis caused by the
collapse of the socialist bloc in Europe in 1989-90 and the subsequent chronic crisis due the …

Attempts to democratize the food system and make it more equitable through food
sovereignty take many forms across space. In Cuba, food sovereignty is perceived as the …

In this paper I compare and contrast two agri-food economies whose divergent histories and
geographies of entry into global capitalist food networks have opened up or closed off …