Mexican Bean Eating versus American Bean Eating
Following Rancho Gordo‘s lament for the decline of the bean in Mexico in comments on this blog, let me say I couldn’t agree more. If they continue to decline at…
Read moreThe Economics of Campesino Maize (Corn) in Mexico
Are you planting? That’s a polite question to ask a Mexican campesino in late spring. The answer increasingly, at least in this region, is no. No, said Chuy, the horse…
Read moreDeclining Bean Consumption in Mexico
According to this morning’s León, Mexico newspaper AM, bean consumption per capita in Mexico has declined from 18.9 kilos a year in 1990 to 11.9 kilos a year in 2006. …
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