News brief: Training Cuban farmers

Notes: "Archbishop Hiltz is urging Canadian Anglicans to help the Primate's World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) raise $45,000 to train 150 people in sustainable farming techniques in Cuba. Speaking in a video for 'Fred Says', the primate's three-year campaign to raise awareness about food security, Hiltz cited the inspiring case of a Cuban farmer named Roberto, who, thanks to training, has made himself more self-sufficient with a successful rooftop garden. According to the Episcopal Church of Cuba's Bishop Griselda Delgado del Carpio, agricultural training has already impacted health. 'Before the training, people had a very static diet of pork, rice and beans. Many people had diabetes with this diet. Now, people are growing carrots, tomatoes, onions, mangoes and other crops', she told PWRDF. For more information, go to fredsays.ca". [Text of entire article.]

Subjects: Food security - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada; Food supply - Cuba; Sustainable agriculture - Religious aspects - Episcopal Church of Cuba; Delgado de Carpio, Griselda, 1955-; Hiltz, Fred (Frederick James), 1953-; Fred Says campaign; Primate's World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF)