The rising cost of housing and living expenses has made a
revolution in urban farming that primarily focuses on the
support of locally grown foods as well as the growing and
raising of our own food. Activists and environmentalists in
highly urbanized countries are now advocating on the importance
of growing their own food. One of the countries that have been
popularly promoting urban farming is Cuba. Due to the political
conflict that had affected the nation for so long than anyone
could remember, Cubans have found a way to grow farms in the
pursuit of cutting down their reliance of government subsidized
and controlled food distribution known as the Libreta de
Abastecimiento. It basically means that their food supply is
controlled using a supplies booklet wherein Cubans have to buy
their food rations from a local bodega. However, the amount of
food that they are allowed to purchase depends on the number and
age of the people in their household. Thus, the revolution of
urban farming in Cuba flourished. They do