1. Cuba's gross domestic product shrunk 35%, imports and exports both fell over 80%, and many domestic industries shrank considerably.
2. Cuban citizens started to grow crops on their balconies whilst farmers, left with no petrol or pesticides, were forced to resort to traditional methods to feed themselves. Cubas approach could teach us a greater focus on domestic production of domestically consumed produce, and a dramatic reduction of petroleum products in all aspects of food production.
3. U.S imports will take away the authentic practices of the Cuban farming ways.