The art of farming is based on foresight, planning, making proper use of soils, making the most of the land resource and protecting it from degradation. The final objective: to provide food to those who work in the fields and their families, complying with the plans of delivery to social consumption and sales to the population. An example of consolidation of sustainable agricultural activity is located in the Basic Unit of Cooperative Production, UBPC, La Mantonia in the municipality of Contramaestre, Santiago.
A good example of soil use and management is located in the UBPC La Mantonia in the municipality of Contramaestre.
Here, correct land preparation, planning and crop rotation are promoted. A simple observation reveals the consolidation of other peasant currencies such as staggering, intercropping and diversification.
Here nothing is the product of chance, everything is foreseen, planned and worked towards a single objective: that the workers do not lack food.
We will always have to return to this structure because it is a reference in food production. Thanks to strategies like this in La Mantonia, food is guaranteed for the workers’ canteen and the sugar harvest. They also honor their commitments with agricultural fairs and social consumption.
