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John Hunte

John Hunte is a Barbados-based organic farming advocate, secretary of the Organic Growers and Consumers Association and Slow Food Barbados co-founder, honored by IICA as a "Leader of Rurality of the Americas" in 2024.

Oct 4, 2026

19:52
How do we get them to see that you have to change because the weather is changing, the environment is changing.
20:00
I think a big change came about during COVID.
20:02
I think that was a...
20:05
That kind of brought into a nutshell when the things were shutting down and people didn't have or believed they were going to be food scarce in a short period of time, farmers then did stand their ground.
20:15
And I think farmers have to be aware of these shocks.
20:17
They couldn't hide from COVID, but need to be aware of what is a climate shock.
20:21
What are we seeing that makes it different? Why do we have to change? Is it going to be my bottom line affected? I'm not making much money.

16 MINS LATER

36:48
What support do you think farmers need most right now in this endeavor?

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