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Fernando Funes Monzote
has a beautiful farm based in sustainable agroecology
where nothing is wasted
and everything is organic.

he has his phd in agriculture
but on returning to cuba
he realized that what was missing in his education was...
farming!!!

he started with building a well,
just him and the 78 year old well digger in the village
7 months later,
using only pick axes, shovels and buckets,
14 meters down
they struck gold
he tells this story
as a metaphor for not only building the farm
but for creating a life
every day,
in the face of this impossible struggle,
the well digger
(who had divined the spot)
greeted him with a smile
and said "today we dig"
transformative!