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”
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Ag and Food Mythmaking Goes On
Greenwashing stories of ag science No, this isn’t a poster from the ’50’s, when just maybe, you might have seen a farm like this in the US. It’s a full-wall poster on display right now, December 2022, at the US Botanical Gardens in Washington DC, part of an exhibit called “Cultivate: Growing Food in aContinue reading “Ag and Food Mythmaking Goes On”
Blame Gaming With Butterflies — And Back to Big Ag
After news broke that the Monarch butterfly had been put on the endangered species list, Michoacán cried foul. Not so! The migratory monarch population is doing just fine down here in Mexico, thank you. It’s all that herbicide up north, those hundreds of miles sprayed and denuded of all but corn and soybeans, and moreContinue reading “Blame Gaming With Butterflies — And Back to Big Ag”
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