The 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 moreCorn (Maize) Production and Importation in Contemporary Mexico
So much of food politics swirls around corn at the moment: denunciations of corn as the cause of growing obesity or the poster child for agribusiness; the problems of CM…
Read moreFood News from My Part of Mexico: “Mexican” for Export
Gigante Verde (green giant) is going to build a new 1.5 hectare plant in Irapuato. Irapuato, about forty minutes drive from Guanajuato, is pretty much the agricultural capital of central…
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