Comments on: Maize, Migration, Mexico, the US, and the Environment http://www.rachellaudan.com/2009/01/maize-migration-mexico-the-us-and-the-environment.html A Historian's Take on Food and Food Politics Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:28:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: mark http://www.rachellaudan.com/2009/01/maize-migration-mexico-the-us-and-the-environment.html/comment-page-1#comment-4290 mark Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:08:49 +0000 http://www.rachellaudan.com/?p=747#comment-4290 Hi Rachel, love the website, and would like to offer a small improvement to the introductory title. Proper English usage for/of "a" and "an" would require that "A Historian's..." be corrected to read, "An Historian's..." Thanks, Mark Hi Rachel, love the website, and would like to offer a small improvement to the introductory title. Proper English usage for/of “a” and “an” would require that “A Historian’s…” be corrected to read, “An Historian’s…”

Thanks,
Mark

]]> By: Steve Sando http://www.rachellaudan.com/2009/01/maize-migration-mexico-the-us-and-the-environment.html/comment-page-1#comment-4208 Steve Sando Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:43:00 +0000 http://www.rachellaudan.com/?p=747#comment-4208 I have so many questions! Wasn't the corn and bean protection in NAFTA made in order to allow them time to modernize? Did it happen? Isn't China somehow involved in corn production? How will this affect things in Mexico? Won't cheap corn, whatever the cause, make it less likely that small indigenous farmers will grow some of their heirloom varieties? Of course beans were the other item removed from protection. It was amazing seeing all the black beans from Michigan at the markets. Do you know how they sell in comparison to local varieties or even big-farmed Mexican varieties? Thank you, as always, for challenging the assumed positions. I have so many questions!
Wasn’t the corn and bean protection in NAFTA made in order to allow them time to modernize? Did it happen?
Isn’t China somehow involved in corn production? How will this affect things in Mexico?
Won’t cheap corn, whatever the cause, make it less likely that small indigenous farmers will grow some of their heirloom varieties?
Of course beans were the other item removed from protection. It was amazing seeing all the black beans from Michigan at the markets. Do you know how they sell in comparison to local varieties or even big-farmed Mexican varieties?
Thank you, as always, for challenging the assumed positions.

]]> By: rajagopal sukumar http://www.rachellaudan.com/2009/01/maize-migration-mexico-the-us-and-the-environment.html/comment-page-1#comment-4126 rajagopal sukumar Thu, 15 Jan 2009 06:18:48 +0000 http://www.rachellaudan.com/?p=747#comment-4126 Interesting post Rachel. Happy new year. You have made this point before on my blog as well. To me, it seems that USA using its scale farming techniques is producing corn at a much cheaper price point thereby putting the Mexican small farmer out of business. Is this too simple a reading? Shouldn't Mexico try to upgrade its farming techniques first before allowing free trade with USA under NAFTA? Interesting post Rachel. Happy new year. You have made this point before on my blog as well. To me, it seems that USA using its scale farming techniques is producing corn at a much cheaper price point thereby putting the Mexican small farmer out of business. Is this too simple a reading? Shouldn’t Mexico try to upgrade its farming techniques first before allowing free trade with USA under NAFTA?

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