Re: [Pen-l] Is Cuba Really Turning to GM Crops?

To: Progressive Economics <pen-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Pen-l] Is Cuba Really Turning to GM Crops?
From: Maxim Linchits <mlinchits@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 01:26:24 -0500
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Cuba has done very well with organic agriculture, but it's extremely labor intensive and has not brought anything close to an abundance of food for the population. Perhaps GM does not warrant a blanket condemnation when the alternatives may be scarcity and/or stagnation.

On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 11:04 PM, michael perelman <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Here is the link

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090228/sc_afp/cubabiotechfarm_20090228205449;_ylt=AueoEJTpfob_tgqnVo2q0his0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlb2EyMTA0BHBvcwMxMTgEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNjdWJhZXllc2Jpb3Q-
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