There is no fuel blockade on Cuba. The fact that they cant afford to buy fuel is a testament to their economic failure. Not that I am against organic gardening. I would be happy to send Soter some of my home made compost. The problem with organic gardening is that it is very labor intensive and fundamentally very costly. The high cost of organic produce may not be a problem for an elitist like Soter, but I suspect it would be a problem for those who do not engage in dodgy real estate transactions or who do not have the benefit of a rich inheritance.
If Soter would take the trouble to talk to farmers in Goa, he would realize that one of their biggest gripes is the lack of manpower. Oops, I forgot, the great Soter also happens to against the influx of cheap labor from other parts of India. Perhaps Soter can join the anti-immigrant, immigrant Arwin in introducing "sustainable" organic farming in the deserts of the middle east. Marlon ________________________________ From: soter <so...@bsnl.in> Why does everyone shy away from citing the greatest miracle of Cuba that managed to survive the economic blockade imposed on it just through revival of agriculture and that too totally organic? Traditional means of tilling the land were recommissioned to cope with lack of fuel for the machines. We have capitalist champions talking about freeing the controls. Now see what has happened to petrol prices in India. One cannot expect an urbanised mindset to understand anything except be slaves of an economy and porocure their food from food chains. -Soter
