Cuba’s Minister of Argriculture, Gustavo Rodriguez Rollero, giving an impassioned speech. Barnitz mentioned that the trip was not a one-sided …

Frank Barnitz at one of the many intergovernmental meetings he attended while visiting Cuba. Barnitz says that rice grown in southern Missouri…

Tobacco is one of the country’s main exports, along with sugar, oil, agricultural machinery and pharmaceuticals. Cuba’s two biggest trade part…

The beautiful and historic Hotel Nacional de Cuba in Havana, located right on the beach.

The Missouri Director of Agriculture, Richard Fordyce, left, chats with one of the main organizers of the trip, Paul Johnson. Johnson also int…

Farmers in Cuba might not have the advantage of much modern equipment, but as the worldwide fame of their tobacco confirms, it’s what you do w…

Cuban farmers stacking leaves of one of the Cuba’s most famous products – its tobacco.

Alejandro Mustelier, President of Alimport, the government-controlled purchaser that supplies citizens with staples such as milk, rice and beans.