[lbo-talk] Cuba's painful transition from sugar economy

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Thu Aug 25 11:51:46 PDT 2005


Doug Henwood wrote:
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> joanna wrote:
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> > working in the fields to raise organic produce is probably healthier
>
> Organic ag requires lots more stoop labor than the nonorg kind.
>

Doug is correct on this. One of the most unpleasant afternoons of my life was spent picking cucumbers in a field with a low yield. My back still hurts when I think of it over 60 years later.

Carrol



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