{"id":22,"date":"2012-07-08T16:07:15","date_gmt":"2012-07-08T16:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theholmteam.ca\/index.php\/cuba-coop-path\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T11:23:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T19:23:04","slug":"cuba-coop-path","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/theholmteam.ca\/index.php\/cuba-coop-path\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuba: Food+Farms+Co-ops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theholmteam.ca\/ISC.2014.HOLM.Cooperatives.in.the.land.of.Marti.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-440 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/theholmteam.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/plowing.the_.field-copy-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theholmteam.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/plowing.the_.field-copy-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theholmteam.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/plowing.the_.field-copy-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theholmteam.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/plowing.the_.field-copy-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theholmteam.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/plowing.the_.field-copy-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/theholmteam.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/plowing.the_.field-copy-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/theholmteam.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/plowing.the_.field-copy-90x60.jpg 90w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theholmteam.ca\/ISC.2014.HOLM.Cooperatives.in.the.land.of.Marti.pdf\">SUSTAINABLE PATHS TO A JUST ECONOMY: COOPERATIVES IN THE LAND OF MART\u00cd<\/a> Wendy HOLM.\u00a0 2014 International Summit of Cooperatives<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theholmteam.ca\/Novkovic.Cooperatives.in.a.socialist.economy.pdf\">Co-operatives in a socialist economy: Cuba\u2019s decentralization of decision-making<\/a> Sonja Novkovic, SMU<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theholmteam.ca\/ISC.2014.HOLM.Cooperatives.in.the.land.of.Marti.pdf\">SUSTAINABLE PATHS TO A JUST ECONOMY: COOPERATIVES IN THE LAND OF MART\u00cd<\/a> Wendy HOLM.\u00a0 2014 International Summit of Cooperatives<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theholmteam.ca\/Novkovic.Cooperatives.in.a.socialist.economy.pdf\">Co-operatives in a socialist economy: Cuba\u2019s decentralization of decision-making<\/a> Sonja Novkovic, SMU<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theholmteam.ca\/Novkovic.Devel.Cuba.Social.Econ.Report.to.IDRC.Cuba.2013.pdf\">Fostering the Development of the Cuban Social Economy: Responsible Enterprises, Cooperatives and Local Development\u00a0\u00a0<\/a> Final Report to IDRC, Sonja Novkovic, 2013 SMU<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendyholm.com\/HOLM.ICA.CO-OP.INDEX.PAPER.pdf\">Use of the Co-op Index Diagnostic Tool to Strengthen Internalization of Cooperative Principles and Values Within Cuba\u2019s Farmer Cooperatives.<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendyholm.com\/HOLM.ICA.COOP.INDEX.pptx.pdf\">additional PowerPoint<\/a>) Wendy Holm, Presentation to ICA-CCR international research conference Cooperatives in local and regional development, Pula, Croatia. June 25-\u201028, 2014<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendyholm.com\/Raul.Castro.to.G77.June.17.2014.pdf\">Raul Castro&#8217;s address to the Meeting of the G77 &#8211; June 17, 2014<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendyholm.com\/Annex.A.WH.Rpt.to.IDRC.pdf\">Fostering the Development of the Cuban Social Economy: Responsible Enterprises, Cooperatives and Local Development.\u00a0 Annex A<\/a>\u00a0 Wendy Holm, April 2013<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendyholm.com\/ANAP.Agroecological.revolution.ENGLISH.pdf\" data-mce-=\"\">Agroecological Revolution &#8211; The Farmer-to-Farmer Movement pf the ANAP in Cuba<\/a>.\u00a0 Braulio Mach\u00edn Sosa, Adil\u00e9n Mar\u00eda Roque Jaime, Dana Roc\u00edo \u00c1vila Lozano, Peter Michael Rosset.\u00a0 2013<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theholmteam.ca\/AF-CubaAgroParadox.pdf\" data-mce-=\"\">The Cuban Agriculture\u2019s Paradox: The Persistence of the Agroecological Paradigm and the Emergence of Biotechnology<\/a>.\u00a0 Miguel A.Altieri and Fernando R. Funes January 2012<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wendyholm.com\/granma.cu.Non-ag.coops.pdf\">Cuba passes 5 new laws to create non-ag coops<\/a>.\u00a0 Granma Dec 2012.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/holmoncuba.blogspot.ca\/2013\/01\/seven-actions-obama-should-take-on-cuba.html\">Seven Actions Obana should take on Cuba Now &#8211; with a Cooperative &#8220;eighth&#8221; thrown in for fair measure.\u00a0 <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendyholm.com\/Cuba.legalizes.business.co-operatives.G&amp;M.pdf\">Cuba legalizes business cooperatives.\u00a0 <\/a>Reuters. Dec 11, 2012<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendyholm.com\/Cuban.Health.Care.Model.pdf\">A Different Model &#8211; Medic<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendyholm.com\/Cuban.Health.Care.Model.pdf\">al care in Cuba<\/a>\u00a0 The New England Journal of Medicine<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theholmteam.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/granma.cu_.Non-ag.coops_.pdf\">Non-agricultural cooperatives &#8211; Progress in the updating of Cuba&#8217;s economic model<\/a> Granma Dec 22, 2012<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendyholm.com\/Cuban.Deleg.IMAGINE.SUMMIT.pdf\">Report on the Cuban Delegation&#8217;s Participation in IMAGINE 2012 and the Quebec 2012 International Summit of Cooperatives<\/a>\u00a0 October 6-12, 2012.\u00a0 Wendy Holm<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newint.org\/features\/2012\/07\/19\/cuba-co-operatives\/\">What would Che say?<\/a>\u00a0 John Restakis, New Internationalist Magazine.\u00a0 Issue 454.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theholmteam.ca\/Cuba's.Coming.Co-operative.Economy.Vieta.pdf\">Cuba&#8217;s Coming Co-operative Economy.\u00a0 <\/a>Marcelo Vieta.\u00a0 Reflections from two recent field trips.\u00a0 Socialist Project \u2022 E-Bulletin No. 667 July 18, 2012<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theholmteam.ca\/coop.grocer.Ma2012.cuban.cooperatives.pdf\">Cuban Cooperatives Advance, Diversify, <\/a>John Eichholtz and Patti Waters.\u00a0 Cooperative Grocer May\/June 2012<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theholmteam.ca\/HOLM.ACE.Cooperating.for.change.Ju2012.ppt.pdf\">Cuba&#8217;s New Cooperative Path&#8230;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/a>Workshop.\u00a0 Cooperating for Change in the International Year of Cooperatives, Association of Cooperative Educators, Montreal June 24-27, 2012<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theholmteam.ca\/SKY.sm.pdf\">Convening the Commons:\u00a0 Cooperation and Community in Cuba<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theholmteam.ca\/HOLM.Univ.Havana.2012.pptx.pdf\">Cuba&#8217;s New Cooperative Path.\u00a0 <\/a>presentation to Seniors Keeping Young, Bowen Island, BC Jan 2012<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theholmteam.ca\/HOLM.Univ.Havana.2012.pptx.pdf\">THE DECEMBER 2011 HAVANA WORKSHOPS: Reflections of Canadian Co-operators on Cuba\u2019s Economic Transformation and Decentralization<\/a> University of Havana, Cuba, February 2012<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theholmteam.ca\/HAVANA.WORKSHOPS.Dec.2011.pdf\">Walking the Walk:\u00a0 Cuba&#8217;s Path to a More Cooperative and Sustainable Economy<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theholmteam.ca\/HAVAVA.WORKSHOPS.Dec.2011.pdf\">\u00a0<\/a> Report on the outcomes of an informal Havana dialogue between co\u2010op thought leaders from Cuba, Canada, the United States and Scotland December 12\u201016, 2011. Wendy Holm, P.Ag. MMCCU Graduate Student Saint Mary\u2019s University Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theholmteam.ca\/Havana.Reporter.Feb.17.pdf\">Canada-Cuba Farmer-to-Farmer Project: There are many lessons to be learned here&#8230;<\/a>\u00a0 The Havana Reporter Feb 17, 2012<\/li>\n<li>A GREAT you-tube video on Havana&#8217;s urban gardens:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jRz34Dee7XY\" data-mce-=\"\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jRz34Dee7XY<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendyholm.com\/From.Cuba.With.Love.Cdn.Living.pdf\">FROM CUBA WITH LOVE<\/a>. Canadian Living Magazine April 2006<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendyholm.com\/Chefs.News.Apr07.Cooks.Tour.Cuba.pdf\">CUBA!<\/a>\u00a0 Chef Christophe Kwiatkowsky, Chef&#8217;s News April 2007<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendyholm.com\/MacLeans.Cuba.Gardens.pdf\">Why don&#8217;t we have gardens like this?<\/a>\u00a0 Jennifer Cockrall-King, Macleans. Sept 3, 2007<\/li>\n<li>Holm, Wendy. Discussion Paper on Sustainable Agriculture and Cuba (Lessons for Canada). Universit\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al, April 2004 <a title=\"PDF article\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theholmteam.ca\/HOLM.UQAM.Sustainable.Agriculture.and.Cuba.pdf\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-mce-=\"\">http:\/\/www.theholmteam.ca\/HOLM.UQAM.Sustainable.Agriculture.and.Cuba.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Enriquez, Laura. Cuba&#8217;s New Agricultural Revolution: The Transformation of Food Crop Production in Contemporary Cuba Development Report No. 14, Food First. May 1, 2000 <a title=\"PDF article\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theholmteam.ca\/Enriquez.Cuba%27s.New.Agricultural.Revolution.pdf\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-mce-=\"\">http:\/\/www.theholmteam.ca\/Enriquez.Cuba&#8217;s.New.Agricultural.Revolution.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Murphy, Catherine. Cultivating Havana: Urban Agriculture and Food Security in the Years of Crisis. Development Report No. 12, Food First. Feb 18, 1999 <a title=\"PDF article\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theholmteam.ca\/Murphy.Cultivating.Havana.pdf\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-mce-=\"\">http:\/\/www.theholmteam.ca\/Murphy.Cultivating.Havana.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Rosset, Peter. &#8220;The Greening of Cuba,&#8221; NACLA Report on the Americas, 1994 <a title=\"PDF article\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theholmteam.ca\/Rosset.1994.Greening.of.Cuba.pdf\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-mce-=\"\">http:\/\/www.theholmteam.ca\/Rosset.1994.Greening.of.Cuba.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Alternative Nobel Prize Goes to Cuban Group Promoting the Organic Revolution, October 6, 1999 <a title=\"PDF article\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foodfirst.org\/en\/node\/187\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-mce-=\"\">http:\/\/www.foodfirst.org\/en\/node\/187<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Read also about Enhancing Sustainable Dairy Production Capacity in Cuba, the award-winning project of international cooperation between Canadian and Cuban dairy farmers that we will visit during the course: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.farmertofarmer.ca\/esdpcc.html\" data-mce-=\"\">http:\/\/www.farmertofarmer.ca\/esdpcc.html<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<ul style=\"font-family: arial; color: rgb(51,153,153); font-weight: bold\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 18px;\">\n\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theholmteam.ca\/ISC.2014.HOLM.Cooperatives.in.the.land.of.Marti.pdf\">SUSTAINABLE PATHS TO A JUST ECONOMY: COOPERATIVES IN THE LAND OF MART&Iacute;<\/a> Wendy HOLM.&nbsp; 2014 International Summit of Cooperatives<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"font-family: arial; color: rgb(51,153,153); font-weight: bold\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 18px;\">\n\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theholmteam.ca\/Novkovic.Cooperatives.in.a.socialist.economy.pdf\">Co-operatives in a socialist economy: Cuba&rsquo;s decentralization of decision-making<\/a> Sonja Novkovic, SMU<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/theholmteam.ca\/index.php\/cuba-coop-path\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cuba: Food+Farms+Co-ops<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-cuba-readings-and-videos"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theholmteam.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theholmteam.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theholmteam.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theholmteam.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theholmteam.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theholmteam.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theholmteam.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theholmteam.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theholmteam.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}