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Just keep the public markets going strong

We need public markets now, more than ever Markets have been in the news lately, in this corner of Michoacán. A few weeks ago, a nighttime fire destroyed the parking garage section of Mercado Independencia, the biggest public market in the Centro Historico of Morelia, only a 5 minute walk from my house. It’s myContinue reading “Just keep the public markets going strong”

Escalating U.S.-Mexico Debate over Corn Forces Questions about GMOs, Food Sovereignty

Here’s a link to an excellent article in Food Print. It covers the issues and nuances in the US-Mexico dispute over GM corn and glyphosate, with links to more in-depth information. Escalating U.S.-Mexico Debate over Corn Forces Questions about GMOs, Food Sovereignty If you don’t already know about or subscribe to Food Print, check itContinue reading “Escalating U.S.-Mexico Debate over Corn Forces Questions about GMOs, Food Sovereignty”

Revelations of chemical company manipulating the science reinforce Mexico’s GMO corn and herbicide caution

How “backward” is Mexico’s pushback against the ‘scientific consensus’ that the US claims? The US is ramping up it’s almost-formalized trade war with Mexico over Mexico’s evolving ban on GM corn for human consumption, ban on the use of glyphosate herbicide, and rejection of various types of bio-engineered seeds. The US position is that theContinue reading “Revelations of chemical company manipulating the science reinforce Mexico’s GMO corn and herbicide caution”