Cuba’s farmers are running out of options as theft and inflation surge

Cuba (MNN) – Cuba is in the grip of a severe food crisis, with widespread shortages, soaring prices, and deepening hunger.A Cuban farmer had a farm, and on the farm he had sheep.Then the sheep were stolen.The sheep story is real — Scott Clifton of FARMS International says one of their contacts experienced it firsthand. But the losses didn’t stop there.For years, farmers plowed their fields with tractors. Then fuel costs climbed so high they could no longer afford to run them. So they adapted — s