An article in the leftist magazine In These Times profiled the Cuban government-run vegetarian restaurant El Bambú, whose staff "cooks a little environmental sustainability into every meal." No fossil fuels are used; cooking is done with reflected sunlight and fallen tree branches. Leftovers are fed to worms and turned into compost. Though locals have not shown much interest in the place, the article's author, Travis Lea, suggests that might change. "Under socialism, market forces that support the meat industry in other countries are simply not present."

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