1AC Cuban Ag 1NC Neolib TPA reverse ptx space co-op CP case defense 2AC answers to all those things and a ptx screw up 2NC space CP and case 1NR ptx 1AR bounce pack on ptx answers to everything else 2NR ptx case cp 2AR answers to those things
Berkeley
3
Opponent: Juan Diego DM | Judge: Thomas Hodgeman
1AC agriculture 1NC topicality oil DA consult Brazil case 2AC answers cp theory 2NC case consult Brazil 1NR oil politics 1AR answers dropped cp theory 2NR oil politics 2AR cp theory answers
1AC Cuban Ag 1NC Food security discourse k topicality conditions tpa politics da case defense 2AC answers k turn framework 2NC kritik and case 1NR topicality 1AR baudrillard and answers 2NR topicality 2AR case extensions framing issue and topicality
Berkeley
7
Opponent: Bellarmine MD | Judge: Nisarg Patel
1AC Cuban Ag 1NC CIR ptx neolib DA Regime DA Security K case 2AC Answers 2NC neolib DA Case 1NR regime DA CIR ptx 1AR answers 2NR CIR ptx case 2AR answers (UQ)
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Tournament: Berkeley | Round: 1 | Opponent: Jesuit Dallas TW | Judge: Seth Blackmon The United States Federal Government should substantially increase its preferential trade access for Cuban agro-ecologically farmed agricultural products. a. Cuban agriculture is at a critical turning point – capital shortages are causing a turn away from ecologically sustainable practices. King ’12 (M. Dawn, Professor of Environmental Studies at Brown, 3/21/12 (Cuban Sustainability: The Effects of Economic Isolation on Agriculture and Energy, wpsa.research.pdx.edu/meet/2012/kingmdawn.pdf)
b. US exports to Cuba, trade with China, and oi a. Cuban agriculture is at a critical turning point – capital shortages are causing a turn away from ecologically sustainable practices. King ’12 (M. Dawn, Professor of Environmental Studies at Brown, 3/21/12 (Cuban Sustainability: The Effects of Economic Isolation on Agriculture and Energy, wpsa.research.pdx.edu/meet/2012/kingmdawn.pdf)
l exploration with Venezuela are all pushing Cuba to abandon sustainable and organic farming in the status quo. Thompson and Stephens ’12 Charles D. Thompson, Jr. is the curriculum and education director at the Center for Documentary Studies and a lecturer in cultural anthropology at Duke University. - Alexander Stephens is an associate director at the Marian Cheek Jackson Center for Saving and Making History – Visions for Sustainable Agriculture in Cuba and the United States: Changing Minds and Models through Exchange - http://www.southernspaces.org/2012/visions-sustainable-agriculture-cuba-and-united-states-changing-minds-and-models-through-exchan
Industrial agriculture is unsustainable. Without a strong Cuba model for agroecology, the entire global food system will collapse. Patel ’12 (Raj, Fellow at the Institute for Food and Development Policy, 2012 (April, What Cuba Can Teach Us About Food and Climate Change, www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/future_tense/2012/04/agro_ecology_lessons_from_cuba_on_agriculture_food_and_climate_change_.single.html)
a. Global food shortages risk extinction from starvation and war Julian Cribb, Professor in Science Communication at the University of Technology Sydney, 2010 (Julian, principal of JCA, fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, “The Coming Famine: The Global Food Crisis and What We Can Do to Avoid It”, pg 10
b. Industrial agriculture is the greatest threat to bees—transition to agro-ecology solves Pan North America Magazine, Summer 2008 (Vanishing Bees: Victims of Industrial Agriculture,” http://www.panna.org/mag/summer2008/news/vanishing-bees.)
c. Extinction John Ingham, Environment Editor for the Express, 2/9/08 (Bee virus 'is causing a bigger world crisis than global warming,' Lexis)
a. Energy intensive agriculture is the primary cause of environmental degradation Dale Allen Pfeiffer, Geologist, science journalist, and editor of From the Wilderness, 10/3/2003 (Eating Fossil Fuels, www.organicconsumers.org/corp/fossil-fuels.cfm)
b. Ecological collapse risks extinction Anne Ehrlich and Paul Ehrlich, Professor of Biology and Senior Research Scientist at Stanford, 1/9/13 (Can a collapse of global civilization be avoided?,Proceedings of the Royal Society Biological Sciences, Proc. R. Soc. B 2013 280)
c. Industrial agriculture is the primary cause of global warming – extinction is inevitable without a greater diffusion of organic agricultural practices Ronnie Cummins, International Director of the Organic Consumers Association, 10/7/10 (Agriculture and Human Survival: The Road Beyond 10/10/10, http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/10/07-9)
d. A transition to organic agriculture is necessary to prevent ocean acidification Ronnie Cummins, International Director of the Organic Consumers Association, 10/7/10 (Agriculture and Human Survival: The Road Beyond 10/10/10, http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/10/07-9)
a. The US-Cuban relationship is at a crossroads – Chavez’ death means now is the key time to restore relations. Gomez 13 – assistant professor in the Department of Public Policy and Administration at Rutgers University (Eduardo J. Gomez, “Ahmadinejad's hug and the future of Chavez's alliance” CNN, March 13 2013, http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/13/opinion/gmez-chavez-ahmadinejad-america) MR
c. Strong US-Cuban relations solves US influence in Latin America and stops Chinese encroachment Benjamin-Alvadaro 6 (Jonathan, Report for the Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University, PhD, Professor of Political Science at University of Nebraska at Omaha, Director of the Intelligence Community Centers of Academic Excellence Program at UNO, Treasurer of the American Political Science Association, “The Current Status and Future Prospects for Oil Exploration in Cuba: A Special,” http://cri.fiu.edu/research/commissioned-reports/oil-cuba-alvarado.pdf)
e. Chinese influence in Latin America causes Taiwan war Fergusson 12 Robbie, Researcher at Royal Society for the Arts, Featured Contributor at International Business Times, Former Conference and Research Assistant at Security Watch, Former Researcher at University College London, Master of Science, China in the International Arena, The University of Glasgow, “The Chinese Challenge to the Monroe Doctrine,” http://www.e-ir.info/2012/07/23/does-chinese-growth-in-latin-america-threaten-american-interests/
f. Taiwan escalates and goes nuclear-~--no defense Lowther 3/16 William, Taipei Times, citing a report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, 3/16/13, “Taiwan could spark nuclear war: report,” http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2013/03/16/2003557211
a. The US has the authority to implement preferential trade access for Cuban agricultural products facilitating exports to the US and solving the case. Timothy Ashby, Senior Research Fellow at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs, 11/22/11 (HELPING CUBAN REFORMS THROUGH AGRICULTURAL TRADE, www.coha.org/helping-cuban-reforms-through-agricultural-trade/
b. The plan generates much needed capital for Cuban organic agriculture and leads to US adoption which fuels worldwide adoption Jacob Shkolnick, JD Candidate at Drake, Fall 2012 (SIN EMBARGO: n1 THE CUBAN AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE UNITED STATES” 17 Drake J. Agric. L. 683, lexis)
c. Access to the US market is make or break for Cuban organic agriculture Kost ‘4 William Kost is an Agricultural Economist with ERS, u.s.. Department of Agriculture UBAN AGRICULTURE: TO BE OR NOT TO BE ORGANIC? http://www.ascecuba.org/publications/proceedings/volume14/pdfs/kost.pdf EXTERNAL MARKETS MAY BE CRITICAL FOR AN ORGANIC CUBA
d. Cuba says yes – exports to the US will be a major source of revenue Messina 03 William A. Messina, Jr., Coordinator of Economic Analysis, Department of Food and Resource Economics, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, UF/IFAS, University of Florida, U.S.-Cuban Agricultural Trade: Present Realities and Future Prospects, http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fe438
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Tournament: Berkeley | Round: 3 | Opponent: Juan Diego DM | Judge: Thomas Hodgeman The United States Federal Government should substantially increase its preferential trade access for Cuban agro-ecologically farmed agricultural products. a. Cuban agriculture is at a critical turning point – capital shortages are causing a turn away from ecologically sustainable practices. King ’12 (M. Dawn, Professor of Environmental Studies at Brown, 3/21/12 (Cuban Sustainability: The Effects of Economic Isolation on Agriculture and Energy, wpsa.research.pdx.edu/meet/2012/kingmdawn.pdf)
b. US exports to Cuba, trade with China, and oi a. Cuban agriculture is at a critical turning point – capital shortages are causing a turn away from ecologically sustainable practices. King ’12 (M. Dawn, Professor of Environmental Studies at Brown, 3/21/12 (Cuban Sustainability: The Effects of Economic Isolation on Agriculture and Energy, wpsa.research.pdx.edu/meet/2012/kingmdawn.pdf)
l exploration with Venezuela are all pushing Cuba to abandon sustainable and organic farming in the status quo. Thompson and Stephens ’12 Charles D. Thompson, Jr. is the curriculum and education director at the Center for Documentary Studies and a lecturer in cultural anthropology at Duke University. - Alexander Stephens is an associate director at the Marian Cheek Jackson Center for Saving and Making History – Visions for Sustainable Agriculture in Cuba and the United States: Changing Minds and Models through Exchange - http://www.southernspaces.org/2012/visions-sustainable-agriculture-cuba-and-united-states-changing-minds-and-models-through-exchan
Industrial agriculture is unsustainable. Without a strong Cuba model for agroecology, the entire global food system will collapse. Patel ’12 (Raj, Fellow at the Institute for Food and Development Policy, 2012 (April, What Cuba Can Teach Us About Food and Climate Change, www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/future_tense/2012/04/agro_ecology_lessons_from_cuba_on_agriculture_food_and_climate_change_.single.html)
a. Global food shortages risk extinction from starvation and war Julian Cribb, Professor in Science Communication at the University of Technology Sydney, 2010 (Julian, principal of JCA, fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, “The Coming Famine: The Global Food Crisis and What We Can Do to Avoid It”, pg 10
b. Industrial agriculture is the greatest threat to bees—transition to agro-ecology solves Pan North America Magazine, Summer 2008 (Vanishing Bees: Victims of Industrial Agriculture,” http://www.panna.org/mag/summer2008/news/vanishing-bees.)
c. Extinction John Ingham, Environment Editor for the Express, 2/9/08 (Bee virus 'is causing a bigger world crisis than global warming,' Lexis)
a. Energy intensive agriculture is the primary cause of environmental degradation Dale Allen Pfeiffer, Geologist, science journalist, and editor of From the Wilderness, 10/3/2003 (Eating Fossil Fuels, www.organicconsumers.org/corp/fossil-fuels.cfm)
b. Ecological collapse risks extinction Anne Ehrlich and Paul Ehrlich, Professor of Biology and Senior Research Scientist at Stanford, 1/9/13 (Can a collapse of global civilization be avoided?,Proceedings of the Royal Society Biological Sciences, Proc. R. Soc. B 2013 280)
c. Industrial agriculture is the primary cause of global warming – extinction is inevitable without a greater diffusion of organic agricultural practices Ronnie Cummins, International Director of the Organic Consumers Association, 10/7/10 (Agriculture and Human Survival: The Road Beyond 10/10/10, http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/10/07-9)
d. A transition to organic agriculture is necessary to prevent ocean acidification Ronnie Cummins, International Director of the Organic Consumers Association, 10/7/10 (Agriculture and Human Survival: The Road Beyond 10/10/10, http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/10/07-9)
a. The US-Cuban relationship is at a crossroads – Chavez’ death means now is the key time to restore relations. Gomez 13 – assistant professor in the Department of Public Policy and Administration at Rutgers University (Eduardo J. Gomez, “Ahmadinejad's hug and the future of Chavez's alliance” CNN, March 13 2013, http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/13/opinion/gmez-chavez-ahmadinejad-america) MR
c. Strong US-Cuban relations solves US influence in Latin America and stops Chinese encroachment Benjamin-Alvadaro 6 (Jonathan, Report for the Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University, PhD, Professor of Political Science at University of Nebraska at Omaha, Director of the Intelligence Community Centers of Academic Excellence Program at UNO, Treasurer of the American Political Science Association, “The Current Status and Future Prospects for Oil Exploration in Cuba: A Special,” http://cri.fiu.edu/research/commissioned-reports/oil-cuba-alvarado.pdf)
e. Chinese influence in Latin America causes Taiwan war Fergusson 12 Robbie, Researcher at Royal Society for the Arts, Featured Contributor at International Business Times, Former Conference and Research Assistant at Security Watch, Former Researcher at University College London, Master of Science, China in the International Arena, The University of Glasgow, “The Chinese Challenge to the Monroe Doctrine,” http://www.e-ir.info/2012/07/23/does-chinese-growth-in-latin-america-threaten-american-interests/
f. Taiwan escalates and goes nuclear-~--no defense Lowther 3/16 William, Taipei Times, citing a report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, 3/16/13, “Taiwan could spark nuclear war: report,” http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2013/03/16/2003557211
a. The US has the authority to implement preferential trade access for Cuban agricultural products facilitating exports to the US and solving the case. Timothy Ashby, Senior Research Fellow at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs, 11/22/11 (HELPING CUBAN REFORMS THROUGH AGRICULTURAL TRADE, www.coha.org/helping-cuban-reforms-through-agricultural-trade/
b. The plan generates much needed capital for Cuban organic agriculture and leads to US adoption which fuels worldwide adoption Jacob Shkolnick, JD Candidate at Drake, Fall 2012 (SIN EMBARGO: n1 THE CUBAN AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE UNITED STATES” 17 Drake J. Agric. L. 683, lexis)
c. Access to the US market is make or break for Cuban organic agriculture Kost ‘4 William Kost is an Agricultural Economist with ERS, u.s.. Department of Agriculture UBAN AGRICULTURE: TO BE OR NOT TO BE ORGANIC? http://www.ascecuba.org/publications/proceedings/volume14/pdfs/kost.pdf EXTERNAL MARKETS MAY BE CRITICAL FOR AN ORGANIC CUBA
d. Cuba says yes – exports to the US will be a major source of revenue Messina 03 William A. Messina, Jr., Coordinator of Economic Analysis, Department of Food and Resource Economics, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, UF/IFAS, University of Florida, U.S.-Cuban Agricultural Trade: Present Realities and Future Prospects, http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fe438
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Tournament: Berkeley | Round: 5 | Opponent: Homewood Flossmoor CR | Judge: Brain Rubaie a. Cuban agriculture is at a critical turning point – capital shortages are causing a turn away from ecologically sustainable practices. King ’12 (M. Dawn, Professor of Environmental Studies at Brown, 3/21/12 (Cuban Sustainability: The Effects of Economic Isolation on Agriculture and Energy, wpsa.research.pdx.edu/meet/2012/kingmdawn.pdf)
b. US exports to Cuba, trade with China, and oil exploration with Venezuela are all pushing Cuba to abandon sustainable and organic farming in the status quo. Thompson and Stephens ’12 Charles D. Thompson, Jr. is the curriculum and education director at the Center for Documentary Studies and a lecturer in cultural anthropology at Duke University. - Alexander Stephens is an associate director at the Marian Cheek Jackson Center for Saving and Making History – Visions for Sustainable Agriculture in Cuba and the United States: Changing Minds and Models through Exchange - http://www.southernspaces.org/2012/visions-sustainable-agriculture-cuba-and-united-states-changing-minds-and-models-through-exchan
Industrial agriculture is unsustainable. Without a strong Cuba model for agroecology, the entire global food system will collapse. Patel ’12 (Raj, Fellow at the Institute for Food and Development Policy, 2012 (April, What Cuba Can Teach Us About Food and Climate Change, www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/future_tense/2012/04/agro_ecology_lessons_from_cuba_on_agriculture_food_and_climate_change_.single.html)
a. Global food shortages risk extinction from starvation and war Julian Cribb, Professor in Science Communication at the University of Technology Sydney, 2010 (Julian, principal of JCA, fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, “The Coming Famine: The Global Food Crisis and What We Can Do to Avoid It”, pg 10
b. Industrial agriculture is the greatest threat to bees—transition to agro-ecology solves Pan North America Magazine, Summer 2008 (Vanishing Bees: Victims of Industrial Agriculture,” http://www.panna.org/mag/summer2008/news/vanishing-bees.)
c. Extinction John Ingham, Environment Editor for the Express, 2/9/08 (Bee virus 'is causing a bigger world crisis than global warming,' Lexis)
a. Energy intensive agriculture is the primary cause of environmental degradation Dale Allen Pfeiffer, Geologist, science journalist, and editor of From the Wilderness, 10/3/2003 (Eating Fossil Fuels, www.organicconsumers.org/corp/fossil-fuels.cfm)
b. Ecological collapse risks extinction Anne Ehrlich and Paul Ehrlich, Professor of Biology and Senior Research Scientist at Stanford, 1/9/13 (Can a collapse of global civilization be avoided?,Proceedings of the Royal Society Biological Sciences, Proc. R. Soc. B 2013 280)
c. Industrial agriculture is the primary cause of global warming – extinction is inevitable without a greater diffusion of organic agricultural practices Ronnie Cummins, International Director of the Organic Consumers Association, 10/7/10 (Agriculture and Human Survival: The Road Beyond 10/10/10, http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/10/07-9)
d. A transition to organic agriculture is necessary to prevent ocean acidification Ronnie Cummins, International Director of the Organic Consumers Association, 10/7/10 (Agriculture and Human Survival: The Road Beyond 10/10/10, http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/10/07-9)
a. The US-Cuban relationship is at a crossroads – Chavez’ death means now is the key time to restore relations. Gomez 13 – assistant professor in the Department of Public Policy and Administration at Rutgers University (Eduardo J. Gomez, “Ahmadinejad's hug and the future of Chavez's alliance” CNN, March 13 2013, http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/13/opinion/gmez-chavez-ahmadinejad-america) MR
c. Strong US-Cuban relations solves US influence in Latin America and stops Chinese encroachment Benjamin-Alvadaro 6 (Jonathan, Report for the Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University, PhD, Professor of Political Science at University of Nebraska at Omaha, Director of the Intelligence Community Centers of Academic Excellence Program at UNO, Treasurer of the American Political Science Association, “The Current Status and Future Prospects for Oil Exploration in Cuba: A Special,” http://cri.fiu.edu/research/commissioned-reports/oil-cuba-alvarado.pdf)
e. Chinese influence in Latin America causes Taiwan war Fergusson 12 Robbie, Researcher at Royal Society for the Arts, Featured Contributor at International Business Times, Former Conference and Research Assistant at Security Watch, Former Researcher at University College London, Master of Science, China in the International Arena, The University of Glasgow, “The Chinese Challenge to the Monroe Doctrine,” http://www.e-ir.info/2012/07/23/does-chinese-growth-in-latin-america-threaten-american-interests/
f. Taiwan escalates and goes nuclear-~--no defense Lowther 3/16 William, Taipei Times, citing a report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, 3/16/13, “Taiwan could spark nuclear war: report,” http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2013/03/16/2003557211
a. The US has the authority to implement preferential trade access for Cuban agricultural products facilitating exports to the US and solving the case. Timothy Ashby, Senior Research Fellow at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs, 11/22/11 (HELPING CUBAN REFORMS THROUGH AGRICULTURAL TRADE, www.coha.org/helping-cuban-reforms-through-agricultural-trade/
b. The plan generates much needed capital for Cuban organic agriculture and leads to US adoption which fuels worldwide adoption Jacob Shkolnick, JD Candidate at Drake, Fall 2012 (SIN EMBARGO: n1 THE CUBAN AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE UNITED STATES” 17 Drake J. Agric. L. 683, lexis)
c. Access to the US market is make or break for Cuban organic agriculture Kost ‘4 William Kost is an Agricultural Economist with ERS, u.s.. Department of Agriculture UBAN AGRICULTURE: TO BE OR NOT TO BE ORGANIC? http://www.ascecuba.org/publications/proceedings/volume14/pdfs/kost.pdf EXTERNAL MARKETS MAY BE CRITICAL FOR AN ORGANIC CUBA
d. Cuba says yes – exports to the US will be a major source of revenue Messina 03 William A. Messina, Jr., Coordinator of Economic Analysis, Department of Food and Resource Economics, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, UF/IFAS, University of Florida, U.S.-Cuban Agricultural Trade: Present Realities and Future Prospects, http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fe438
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Tournament: Berkeley | Round: 7 | Opponent: Bellarmine MD | Judge: Nisarg Patel a. Cuban agriculture is at a critical turning point – capital shortages are causing a turn away from ecologically sustainable practices. King ’12 (M. Dawn, Professor of Environmental Studies at Brown, 3/21/12 (Cuban Sustainability: The Effects of Economic Isolation on Agriculture and Energy, wpsa.research.pdx.edu/meet/2012/kingmdawn.pdf)
b. US exports to Cuba, trade with China, and oil exploration with Venezuela are all pushing Cuba to abandon sustainable and organic farming in the status quo. Thompson and Stephens ’12 Charles D. Thompson, Jr. is the curriculum and education director at the Center for Documentary Studies and a lecturer in cultural anthropology at Duke University. - Alexander Stephens is an associate director at the Marian Cheek Jackson Center for Saving and Making History – Visions for Sustainable Agriculture in Cuba and the United States: Changing Minds and Models through Exchange - http://www.southernspaces.org/2012/visions-sustainable-agriculture-cuba-and-united-states-changing-minds-and-models-through-exchan
Industrial agriculture is unsustainable. Without a strong Cuba model for agroecology, the entire global food system will collapse. Patel ’12 (Raj, Fellow at the Institute for Food and Development Policy, 2012 (April, What Cuba Can Teach Us About Food and Climate Change, www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/future_tense/2012/04/agro_ecology_lessons_from_cuba_on_agriculture_food_and_climate_change_.single.html)
a. Global food shortages risk extinction from starvation and war Julian Cribb, Professor in Science Communication at the University of Technology Sydney, 2010 (Julian, principal of JCA, fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, “The Coming Famine: The Global Food Crisis and What We Can Do to Avoid It”, pg 10
b. Industrial agriculture is the greatest threat to bees—transition to agro-ecology solves Pan North America Magazine, Summer 2008 (Vanishing Bees: Victims of Industrial Agriculture,” http://www.panna.org/mag/summer2008/news/vanishing-bees.)
c. Extinction John Ingham, Environment Editor for the Express, 2/9/08 (Bee virus 'is causing a bigger world crisis than global warming,' Lexis)
a. Energy intensive agriculture is the primary cause of environmental degradation Dale Allen Pfeiffer, Geologist, science journalist, and editor of From the Wilderness, 10/3/2003 (Eating Fossil Fuels, www.organicconsumers.org/corp/fossil-fuels.cfm)
b. Ecological collapse risks extinction Anne Ehrlich and Paul Ehrlich, Professor of Biology and Senior Research Scientist at Stanford, 1/9/13 (Can a collapse of global civilization be avoided?,Proceedings of the Royal Society Biological Sciences, Proc. R. Soc. B 2013 280)
c. Industrial agriculture is the primary cause of global warming – extinction is inevitable without a greater diffusion of organic agricultural practices Ronnie Cummins, International Director of the Organic Consumers Association, 10/7/10 (Agriculture and Human Survival: The Road Beyond 10/10/10, http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/10/07-9)
d. A transition to organic agriculture is necessary to prevent ocean acidification Ronnie Cummins, International Director of the Organic Consumers Association, 10/7/10 (Agriculture and Human Survival: The Road Beyond 10/10/10, http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/10/07-9)
a. The US-Cuban relationship is at a crossroads – Chavez’ death means now is the key time to restore relations. Gomez 13 – assistant professor in the Department of Public Policy and Administration at Rutgers University (Eduardo J. Gomez, “Ahmadinejad's hug and the future of Chavez's alliance” CNN, March 13 2013, http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/13/opinion/gmez-chavez-ahmadinejad-america) MR
c. Strong US-Cuban relations solves US influence in Latin America and stops Chinese encroachment Benjamin-Alvadaro 6 (Jonathan, Report for the Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University, PhD, Professor of Political Science at University of Nebraska at Omaha, Director of the Intelligence Community Centers of Academic Excellence Program at UNO, Treasurer of the American Political Science Association, “The Current Status and Future Prospects for Oil Exploration in Cuba: A Special,” http://cri.fiu.edu/research/commissioned-reports/oil-cuba-alvarado.pdf)
e. Chinese influence in Latin America causes Taiwan war Fergusson 12 Robbie, Researcher at Royal Society for the Arts, Featured Contributor at International Business Times, Former Conference and Research Assistant at Security Watch, Former Researcher at University College London, Master of Science, China in the International Arena, The University of Glasgow, “The Chinese Challenge to the Monroe Doctrine,” http://www.e-ir.info/2012/07/23/does-chinese-growth-in-latin-america-threaten-american-interests/
f. Taiwan escalates and goes nuclear-~--no defense Lowther 3/16 William, Taipei Times, citing a report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, 3/16/13, “Taiwan could spark nuclear war: report,” http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2013/03/16/2003557211
a. The US has the authority to implement preferential trade access for Cuban agricultural products facilitating exports to the US and solving the case. Timothy Ashby, Senior Research Fellow at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs, 11/22/11 (HELPING CUBAN REFORMS THROUGH AGRICULTURAL TRADE, www.coha.org/helping-cuban-reforms-through-agricultural-trade/
b. The plan generates much needed capital for Cuban organic agriculture and leads to US adoption which fuels worldwide adoption Jacob Shkolnick, JD Candidate at Drake, Fall 2012 (SIN EMBARGO: n1 THE CUBAN AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE UNITED STATES” 17 Drake J. Agric. L. 683, lexis)
c. Access to the US market is make or break for Cuban organic agriculture Kost ‘4 William Kost is an Agricultural Economist with ERS, u.s.. Department of Agriculture UBAN AGRICULTURE: TO BE OR NOT TO BE ORGANIC? http://www.ascecuba.org/publications/proceedings/volume14/pdfs/kost.pdf EXTERNAL MARKETS MAY BE CRITICAL FOR AN ORGANIC CUBA
d. Cuba says yes – exports to the US will be a major source of revenue Messina 03 William A. Messina, Jr., Coordinator of Economic Analysis, Department of Food and Resource Economics, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, UF/IFAS, University of Florida, U.S.-Cuban Agricultural Trade: Present Realities and Future Prospects, http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fe438
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Tournament: Berkeley | Round: 7 | Opponent: Bellarmine MD | Judge: Nisarg Patel a. Cuban agriculture is at a critical turning point – capital shortages are causing a turn away from ecologically sustainable practices. King ’12 (M. Dawn, Professor of Environmental Studies at Brown, 3/21/12 (Cuban Sustainability: The Effects of Economic Isolation on Agriculture and Energy, wpsa.research.pdx.edu/meet/2012/kingmdawn.pdf)
b. US exports to Cuba, trade with China, and oil exploration with Venezuela are all pushing Cuba to abandon sustainable and organic farming in the status quo. Thompson and Stephens ’12 Charles D. Thompson, Jr. is the curriculum and education director at the Center for Documentary Studies and a lecturer in cultural anthropology at Duke University. - Alexander Stephens is an associate director at the Marian Cheek Jackson Center for Saving and Making History – Visions for Sustainable Agriculture in Cuba and the United States: Changing Minds and Models through Exchange - http://www.southernspaces.org/2012/visions-sustainable-agriculture-cuba-and-united-states-changing-minds-and-models-through-exchan
Industrial agriculture is unsustainable. Without a strong Cuba model for agroecology, the entire global food system will collapse. Patel ’12 (Raj, Fellow at the Institute for Food and Development Policy, 2012 (April, What Cuba Can Teach Us About Food and Climate Change, www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/future_tense/2012/04/agro_ecology_lessons_from_cuba_on_agriculture_food_and_climate_change_.single.html)
a. Global food shortages risk extinction from starvation and war Julian Cribb, Professor in Science Communication at the University of Technology Sydney, 2010 (Julian, principal of JCA, fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, “The Coming Famine: The Global Food Crisis and What We Can Do to Avoid It”, pg 10
b. Industrial agriculture is the greatest threat to bees—transition to agro-ecology solves Pan North America Magazine, Summer 2008 (Vanishing Bees: Victims of Industrial Agriculture,” http://www.panna.org/mag/summer2008/news/vanishing-bees.)
c. Extinction John Ingham, Environment Editor for the Express, 2/9/08 (Bee virus 'is causing a bigger world crisis than global warming,' Lexis)
a. Energy intensive agriculture is the primary cause of environmental degradation Dale Allen Pfeiffer, Geologist, science journalist, and editor of From the Wilderness, 10/3/2003 (Eating Fossil Fuels, www.organicconsumers.org/corp/fossil-fuels.cfm)
b. Ecological collapse risks extinction Anne Ehrlich and Paul Ehrlich, Professor of Biology and Senior Research Scientist at Stanford, 1/9/13 (Can a collapse of global civilization be avoided?,Proceedings of the Royal Society Biological Sciences, Proc. R. Soc. B 2013 280)
c. Industrial agriculture is the primary cause of global warming – extinction is inevitable without a greater diffusion of organic agricultural practices Ronnie Cummins, International Director of the Organic Consumers Association, 10/7/10 (Agriculture and Human Survival: The Road Beyond 10/10/10, http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/10/07-9)
d. A transition to organic agriculture is necessary to prevent ocean acidification Ronnie Cummins, International Director of the Organic Consumers Association, 10/7/10 (Agriculture and Human Survival: The Road Beyond 10/10/10, http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/10/07-9)
a. The US-Cuban relationship is at a crossroads – Chavez’ death means now is the key time to restore relations. Gomez 13 – assistant professor in the Department of Public Policy and Administration at Rutgers University (Eduardo J. Gomez, “Ahmadinejad's hug and the future of Chavez's alliance” CNN, March 13 2013, http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/13/opinion/gmez-chavez-ahmadinejad-america) MR
c. Strong US-Cuban relations solves US influence in Latin America and stops Chinese encroachment Benjamin-Alvadaro 6 (Jonathan, Report for the Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University, PhD, Professor of Political Science at University of Nebraska at Omaha, Director of the Intelligence Community Centers of Academic Excellence Program at UNO, Treasurer of the American Political Science Association, “The Current Status and Future Prospects for Oil Exploration in Cuba: A Special,” http://cri.fiu.edu/research/commissioned-reports/oil-cuba-alvarado.pdf)
e. Chinese influence in Latin America causes Taiwan war Fergusson 12 Robbie, Researcher at Royal Society for the Arts, Featured Contributor at International Business Times, Former Conference and Research Assistant at Security Watch, Former Researcher at University College London, Master of Science, China in the International Arena, The University of Glasgow, “The Chinese Challenge to the Monroe Doctrine,” http://www.e-ir.info/2012/07/23/does-chinese-growth-in-latin-america-threaten-american-interests/
f. Taiwan escalates and goes nuclear-~--no defense Lowther 3/16 William, Taipei Times, citing a report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, 3/16/13, “Taiwan could spark nuclear war: report,” http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2013/03/16/2003557211
a. The US has the authority to implement preferential trade access for Cuban agricultural products facilitating exports to the US and solving the case. Timothy Ashby, Senior Research Fellow at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs, 11/22/11 (HELPING CUBAN REFORMS THROUGH AGRICULTURAL TRADE, www.coha.org/helping-cuban-reforms-through-agricultural-trade/
b. The plan generates much needed capital for Cuban organic agriculture and leads to US adoption which fuels worldwide adoption Jacob Shkolnick, JD Candidate at Drake, Fall 2012 (SIN EMBARGO: n1 THE CUBAN AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE UNITED STATES” 17 Drake J. Agric. L. 683, lexis)
c. Access to the US market is make or break for Cuban organic agriculture Kost ‘4 William Kost is an Agricultural Economist with ERS, u.s.. Department of Agriculture UBAN AGRICULTURE: TO BE OR NOT TO BE ORGANIC? http://www.ascecuba.org/publications/proceedings/volume14/pdfs/kost.pdf EXTERNAL MARKETS MAY BE CRITICAL FOR AN ORGANIC CUBA
d. Cuba says yes – exports to the US will be a major source of revenue Messina 03 William A. Messina, Jr., Coordinator of Economic Analysis, Department of Food and Resource Economics, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, UF/IFAS, University of Florida, U.S.-Cuban Agricultural Trade: Present Realities and Future Prospects, http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fe438