The Ruiz Urquiola family shows their farm in Viñales

Omara Ruiz Urquiola and his family have opened the doors of their farm, in Viñales, to explain the way in which, with care and love for the land, it always bears fruit.

In interview withCubanetRuiz Urquiola has explained that when they arrived at the place it was a barren land, with a lot of weeds and unevenness, and that only the interest in planting and caring for it has made that place a productive and rising terrain.

Omara Ruiz Urquiola -whoShe was arbitrarily fired a few weeks ago from her job in Havana- has said that they have to fight to maintain the properties of the soil or improve it to obtain increasingly better results.

His mother explains that the daily routine begins around 6:30 in the morning, when they begin to feed the animals and other daily tasks related to the farm. Remember, also, that to attend to the planting processes “you have to play with nature”, and take advantage of water whenever possible.

In his interest in shaping asustainable farm, the Ruiz Urquiola family has had a good number of setbacks with the Cuban authorities, the most important of which is a dispute with other people who have acquired a part of land that the Ruiz Urquiolas indicate is theirs.

Omara Ruiz Urquiola and her brother, the Cuban biologist, Dr. Ariel Ruiz Urquiola They have managed to carry out their ecological project against all odds, always under the siege of State Security, which has hindered the project in multiple ways, including with the arrest of Ariel in 2018.