We visited an organic cooperative farm, two national botanical gardens and a mountaintop nature preserve.

welcome sign at organic farm cooperative

members of the cooperative are required to work in order to get produce

oxen used to plow the fields

workers entering the seedling greenhouse are required to disinfect their hands and shoes before entering

this chute allows people inside the seedling greenhouse to give plants to outside workers without allowing “dirty” workers to come inside and contaminate the seedlings

the hanging soft drink bottle is half-filled with fermenting molasses, which attracts harmful insects

air-layering a ficus in order to make a new plans

drying tumeric roots

mung beans separated from their skins before being sold for sprouts

Cubans appreciate coleus as much as we do

a beautiful angel trumpet flower, probably Datura metel

don’t be harvesting these fruits…we’re protecting them!