The Cuban Association for Organic Farming, a non-governmental organization, holds that Cuba offers the very first large- scale test of more sustainable alternatives, perhaps the only chance to see what works and what doesn't, before environmental realities
mandate the rest of the world embark on a sudden, wholesale switch to organic agriculture.

When?
February 2-9, 2003 (With an optional second holiday week).
Since this is the peak tourist time in Cuba, you must register for the tour before December 1, 2002
How?
Visit our www site for details. www.macqueens.com/ibs

Highlights:
Meet farmers, professors and other experts. See sugar cane, rice, vegetable, root crop, animal production sites, and green medicine gardens - and its integration in socialized healthcare – while we tour and learn about the leadership role this
"developing" nation is undergoing in regards to sustainable development . Visit community run urban gardens, farmers markets and rural agricultural co-ops
Join us in our efforts to establish real links and connections with our Cuban counterparts.
The Institute for Bioregional Studies is a nonprofit, charitable organization dedicated to the promotion of "restoring community, protecting the land and
informing the earth's stewards."Please assist us by forwarding this announcement to
others, creating links to our www site and posting this announcement where ever possible. Thank you.

Phil Ferraro and Nancy Willis

Visit our www site for details.
http://www.macqueens.com/ibs