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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Big Ag Wins; Food, Mexico, and Butterflies Lose
Two dismal stories hit the Michoacán news 24 hours apart, one about a Mexican court ruling, the other, butterflies. Neither referred to the other, though both are tightly connected to the displacements and damages of big ag. Voz de Michoacán, July 20, 2022: The Mexican high court lifted Mexico’s ban on glyphosate herbicide and GMOContinue reading “Big Ag Wins; Food, Mexico, and Butterflies Lose”
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