UN FAO Representative to Cuba, Dr. Theodor Friederich of Germany, Says Solution to World's Food and Agriculture Crises is the Family Farm Where the Family Does All the Labor Needed Using a No-Till Agroecological Farming System

[Maria WHittaker]

http://fssg.blogspot.com/2018/04/un-fao-representative-to-cuba-dr.html

UN FAO Representative to Cuba, Dr. Theodor Friederich of Germany, Says Solution to World's Food and Agriculture Crises is the Family Farm Where the Family Does All the Labor Needed Using a No-Till Agroecological Farming System

On July 14, 2017, I had the opportunity to visit  with the UN FAO representative to Cuba, Dr. Theodor Friederich of Germany, in his office in La Habana, Cuba. Dr. Friederich shared that the solution to the world's food and agriculture crises is the family farm where the family does all the labor needed on the farm using a no-till, agroecological farming system. Dr. Freiderich continued that his job as the UN FAO representative in Cuba is to push the Cuban government toward such a system. Cuba is making progress toward such a system he said. He needs to keep pushing and educating  the Cuban government he said. He also shared that he particularly like the work of ACPA in Cuba, the Associacion Cubana de Produccion Animal. https://www.ecured.cu/Asociaci%C3%B3n_Cubana_de_Producci%C3%B3n_Animal

Dr. Friederich is located at 154y 3ra #301, Rpto. Nautico, Playa, La Habana, Cuba. 

Telf. 53 7208-6411, 12, 13

Fax: (53) 7208-6409

theodor.f...@fao.org

Maria Whittaker

Program Director

Kansas Chapter Family Farm Defenders

http://www.familyfarmers.org

dba Local2Global Advocates for Food Sovereignty

http://fssg.blogspot.com

Mailing Address Only

7001 Sea View Avenue

Suite 160-648

Seattle, WA

98117

USA

913 945 1333

"Smile, breathe and go slowly."

"I open my heart and send forth my energy of love and understanding to everyone who has made me suffer, to those who have destroyed much of my life and the lives of those I love. I know now that these people have themselves undergone a lot of suffering and that their hearts are overloaded with pain, anger and hatred. I know that anyone who suffers that much will make those around them suffer. I know they may have been unlucky, never having the chance to be cared for and loved. Life and society have dealt them so many hardships. They have been wronged and abused. They have not been guided in the path of mindful living. They have accumulated wrong perceptions about life, about me, and about us. They have wronged us and the people we love. I pray to my ancestors in my blood and spiritual families to channel to those persons who have made us suffer the energy of love and protection, so that their hearts will be able to receive the nectar of love and blossom like a flower. I pray that they can be transformed to experience the joy of living, so that they will not continue to make themselves and others suffer. I see their suffering and do not want to hold any feelings of hatred or anger in myself toward them. I do not want them to suffer. I channel my energy of love and understanding to them and ask all my ancestors to help them." 

Thich Nhat Hanh