US ag interests smother Mexico’s attempt to control its food system, protect biodiversity, the environment, and rural communities Threat by threat from US agriculture, Mexico has been compromising on its ban on importing GMO corn and glyphosate1. Mexico’s most recent offer radically undermines their original goals. Mexico made a bold and courageous move to reclaimContinue reading “Update: Mexico’s GMO ban and sovereignty falter”
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FOOD FIGHT! Mexico vs USA
Food sovereignty battle on, right now: US Agriculture threatening Mexico over Mexico’s looming ban on importing US-grown genetically modified (GM) corn, and use of its companion herbicide, glyphosate. Mexico wants to control the planting and import of GM corn that’s been engineered to work with glyphosate. The US wants unrestricted ability to sell its GMContinue reading “FOOD FIGHT! Mexico vs USA”
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”
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