A Cuban pharmacist works with half empty shelves in Havana. A major policy shift was announced by the United States, allowing unfettered sales of food and medicine to Cuba for the first time in four decades.
Farmers believe in Cuba.
They prefer the rice we grow in Arkansas. They're talking about importing about 10 percent of our production. Reed went to Havana last month and came back even more convinced that thousands of American farmers are right in pushing for legislation that would allow them to sell to Cuba. During the long custody battle, many Americans, perhaps for the first time, focused on U.S. policy and now question its wisdom. House Republicans have agreed to allow American food and medicine to be sold to Cuba.