{"id":3905,"date":"2014-03-22T19:11:57","date_gmt":"2014-03-23T02:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/?p=3905"},"modified":"2014-04-02T09:13:46","modified_gmt":"2014-04-02T16:13:46","slug":"study-sustainable-agriculture-in-cuba-lfs-302a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/2014\/03\/22\/study-sustainable-agriculture-in-cuba-lfs-302a\/","title":{"rendered":"Study Sustainable Agriculture in Cuba &#8211; LFS 302A (CANCELLED)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Updated: Apr 2, 2014 &#8211; this field studies course has been cancelled due to low enrollment<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>LFS 302A (3 cr): International Field Studies in Sustainable Agriculture \u2013 Cuba<\/h2>\n<p>When the Soviet Union collapsed, Cuba went from high input monoculture to world leadership in sustainable agriculture virtually overnight. By combining the interactive learning capabilities of an online course and a three week field studies trip to Cuba in May, students explore the Cuban model and its relevance for food production in other countries, in particular Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Three plus weeks of travelling through Cuba this May<b><span>\u00a0(April\u00a0<span>30<\/span>-May 23) m<\/span><\/b>eeting leaders of Cuba\u2019s sustainable agriculture movement and visiting urban agriculture, farm cooperatives, universities, research stations, soil labs, plant protection labs and more. Not to mention beaches, mountains, dancing, music and community!<\/p>\n<p>Registration is open. Enrolment is limited to 24 students, on a first-come, first-serve basis. Students are encouraged to register early to ensure a place and to participate in pre-field trip learning activities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Instructor permission is required to register for the course. Contact Wendy Holm at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:wendy@wendyholm.com\" target=\"_blank\">wendy@wendyholm.com<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"tel:604-417-2434\" target=\"_blank\">604-417-2434<\/a>\u00a0to begin the process.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ctlt.ubc.ca\/distance-learning\/courses\/lfs\/lfs302a\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/ctlt.ubc.ca\/<wbr \/>distance-learning\/courses\/lfs\/<wbr \/>lfs302a\/<\/a>\u00a0for course details and registration info!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updated: Apr 2, 2014 &#8211; this field studies course has been cancelled due to low enrollment LFS 302A (3 cr): International Field Studies in Sustainable Agriculture \u2013 Cuba When the Soviet Union collapsed, Cuba went from high input monoculture to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/2014\/03\/22\/study-sustainable-agriculture-in-cuba-lfs-302a\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15745,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1330],"tags":[71,210],"class_list":["post-3905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-events","tag-courses","tag-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15745"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3905"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3961,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3905\/revisions\/3961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}