Cuba’s honey exports are pesticide free

Cuba has added organic honey to its list of agricultural exports. Because it is pesticide free, Cuba’s organic bee industry could act as protection from the problems hitting other honey exporters. Organic honey has become Cuba’s fourth most valuable agricultural export.  All of Cuba’s honey is certified as organic and has a very specific, typical taste; in monetary value, it’s a high ranking product. Cuba produced more than 7,200 tonnes of organic honey in 2014, worth about $23.3 million. Cuban bee farmers sell all their honey exclusively to the government, which pays according to the world market price and then takes responsibility for marketing the product overseas. The overall use of pesticides is fairly controlled in Cuba and the Cuban government does not sell pesticides to the farmers therefore this could be the reason why the bees aren’t dying, as they have been around the world.

http://www.delta-optimist.com/opinion/blogs/deltabc-1.983313/blog-cuba-s-honey-exports-are-pesticide-free-1.2168102

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