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STORY LINE: This is an organoponico or urban organic farm. Just two kilometres from Havana, the capital city, the Vivero Alamar farm is at the forefront of Cuban organic agriculture.Cuba has a longstanding culture of organic farming by necessity. During the \"Special Period\" of the 1990s, many private urban plots popped up in Havana amid the austerity that followed the collapse of Cuba's backer, the Soviet Union.Isis Maria Salcines Milla, an urban organic farming specialist at the Alamar Project, explains.\"This transformative model in Cuba was designed to deal with the conditions of the \"special period\" (when the economy collapsed after the Soviet Union withdrew financial support of Cuba in 1992) because we went from a conventional  agricultural model to a green revolution, from the use of insecticides, pesticides, fertilisers, an unhealthy way of production, to this model. So, when we began this model, we had to become organic, not out of conviction but out of necessity. We either produced this way or we faced death by starvation,\" she says.Unlike in the United States, pesticide-free is largely the rule here rather than the exception, mostly due to a lack of supply.The organic farms are creating a direct link between the producers and the owners of private restaurants in the non-state sector.A new generation of privately run restaurants known as \"paladars\" has breathed life into Cuba's culinary scene.Ivan Rodriguez Lopez is the owner of a paladar called \"El Carbon\". \"In urban organic farming there are no fertilisers. Organic fertilisers are a result of the needs of the farmers. And for me that's an advantage.\"Kaski Kosakowski, is a member of \"Sustainable Summer\", a US organisation that prepares teens to become environmental leaders. Today she is overseeing a group of American teens weeding a row of lettuce at an organic farm.\"So we been here for almost two weeks. We leave in a couple of days, looking at cultural sustainability and environment sustainability while the relationship between Cuba and the United States is changing and developing. And we are here today to learn a little bit more about the food system here and particularly take advantage of the cultural project outside of Havana and the history of organoponicos (urban organic farming).\"Americans cannot travel as ordinary tourists to Cuba under current US regulations, but they may participate in certain types of trips, including people-to-people trips that foster cultural exchanges.US interest in Cuba has climbed rapidly since President Barack Obama announced diplomatic ties would be restored on December 17, 2014.Timothy Smith is another member of the Sustainable Summer project.\"Cuba imports a lot of their food, so locally grown food is always a good option. But you just got to get the people to start buying locally and that's all part of what we are learning about doing the sustainable lifestyle,\" he says. According to the World Food Programme, Cuba imports 70 to 80 percent of the food it needs from abroad. Proponents of urban organic farming say it has immense potential to boost domestic production. But it is unlikely to meet all of Cuba's food needs, and government interference tends to limit organic urban farms' production and distribution.Lopez says he would rather buy from the organoponico than a government controlled market.\"I'd rather deal with a cooperative or organoponico because the structure of government will be different. A simple lettuce....for example, with another process, I'm more interested in the cooperative, that takes it from there (the earth). Where do I go with the government? Which market? I'm more interested to see how the workers of the organoponico take lettuce straight from the earth.\"Proponents say this agricultural system could transform the way Cuba produces food for its people, and at the same time introduce market forces to its socialist system.\"Having a farm when you are in the towns, in all deals, all around Cuba would be the solution. For every Cuban to have access to fresh organic products at a reasonable price,\" says Salcines. Salcines believes the urban farm is the future, at least in Cuba, and says such farms would increase if the government relaxes its strict controls. This would expand access to fresh food for many of the island's inhabitants. \"Having to abide by the government, we can't do what we want, we could do more, but there are many obstacles, many laws. We are in a process of change. Many doors have been open, but we need more autonomy,\" she says.AP Television Havana, Cuba - 30 July 20161. Pan left of crops2. Tilt up of the crops with curly lettuce3. Close of one baby lettuce4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Isis Maria Salcines Milla, Urban Organic Farming Specialist at the Alamar Project\"This transformative model in Cuba was designed to deal with the conditions of the \"special period\" (when the economy collapsed after the Soviet Union withdrew financial support of Cuba in 1992) because we went from a conventional agricultural model to a green revolution, from the use of insecticides, pesticides, fertilisers, an unhealthy way of production, to this model. So, when we began this model, we had to become organic, not out of conviction but out of necessity. We either produced this way or we faced death by starvation.\"5. Various of the workers in the plantation6. Wide of the workers transporting the products 7. Pan right inside restaurant \"El Carbon\" in old Havana8. Mid of worker in restaurant cleaning lettuce9. Chef cooking in the kitchen10. Chef preparing salad11. Close of one plate of food12. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Ivan Rodriguez Lopez, Restaurant owner \"El Carbon\"\"In urban organic farming there are no fertilisers. Organic fertilisers are a result of the needs of the farmers. And for me that's an advantage.\"13. Wide of a group from United States visiting the \"Organoponico \" Urban Organic Farm14. Mid of the group planting vegetables15. SOUNDBITE (English) Kaski Kosakowki, member of Sustainable Summer project \"So we been here for almost two weeks. We leave in a couple of days looking at cultural sustainability and environmental sustainability while the relationship between Cuba and the United States is changing and developing. And we are here today to learn a little bit more about the food system here and particularly take advantage of the permacultural project outside of Havana and the history of organoponicos (urban organic farming).\"16. Wide of the group working and interacting with Cuban workers17. Mid of the group planting 18. Close of the group planting19. SOUNDBITE (English) Kaski Kosakowki, member of Sustainable Summer project\"But I think it's a great solution and I think expanding the access to healthy and fresh fruits and vegetables here, especially in a city environment making it both accessible and something where the people can come and see where their food is grown and have a sense of that connection to the earth and I think is really incredible.\"20. Cook preparing fish in \"El Carbon\" restaurant21. Over shoulder of the cook preparing vegetables22. Waiter serving  food23. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Ivan Rodriguez Lopez, Restaurant owner \"El Carbon\"\"I'd rather deal with a cooperative or organoponico because the structure of government will be different. A simple lettuce....for example, with another process, I'm more interested in the cooperative, that takes it from there (the earth). Where do I go with the government? Which market? I'm more interested to see how the workers of the organoponico take lettuce straight from the earth.\"24. Tilt up of Cuban worker planting 25. Tracking shot of the Sustainable Summer group working in the crops 26. SOUNDBITE (English) Timothy Smith, Member of Sustainable Summer project\"Cuba imports a lot of their food, so locally grown food is always a good option. But you just got to get the people to start buying locally and that's all part of what we are learning about doing the sustainable lifestyle.\"27. Wide of the irrigation process28. Various of workers harvesting various farm products29. Close of worker cutting spearmint30. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Isis Maria Salcines Milla, Urban Organic Farming Specialist at the Alamar Project \"Having a farm when you are in the towns, in all deals, all around Cuba would be the solution. For every Cuban to have access to fresh organic products at a reasonable price.\"31. Cubans buying the Organoponic (urban organic farm) products 32. Mid of customer buying products 33. Customers receiving the products  34. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Isis Maria Salcines Milla, Urban Organic Farming Specialist at the Alamar Project \"This type of cooperative is not capitalist, it is not private. We abide by the government. So we can't do what we want, we could do more, but there are many obstacles, there are many laws. We are in a process of change, of transition. Many doors have been opened but we need more autonomy.\"35. Wide of worker preparing the field for the crops 36. Pan right of the crops under cover37. Cubans preparing the field for the crops 38. Close of lettuce39. 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