Maíz y política alimentaria | Hunger games and the struggle against transgenic maize in Mexico
The corn not from this country. Source: pueblosbarrancassantiago Moderator’s Note: We continue with our focus on the struggle to protect the native corn of Mexico which is threatened by the politics and economics of companies like Monsanto that wish to gain control of one of Mexico’s most important contributions to the food and foodways of the world. Today’s post is borrowed from the eww blog , an active and fascinating site that analyzes struggles through the lens of the Zapatista movement for autonomy. Alfredo Acedo, the Director of Social Communication and adviser to the National Union of Regional Organizations of Autonomous Small Farmers of Mexico , an organizer with La Via Campesina , and a contributor to the Americas Program , prepared this article; it was originally posted in October 2012 but has not enjoyed very wide circulation in the USA. Acedo argues that the battle over corn is really about the plundering of native lands and their biological and cultural diversity. In a w...