Eggs up, chicken up, beans up: trouble looms for food politics in Mexico
I was surprised several years ago in Mexico to discover that a kilo of eggs cost about the same as a kilo of tortillas, somewhere around a dollar for either.…
Read moreMen’s Labor (Farming) vs Women’s Labor (Cooking): Tortillas
Note. If you’ve been to this page before, I’ve now (pm 5 december) edited the figures. Many thanks Larry. I’ve just been reading E.A. Wrigley‘s Energy and the English…
Read moreFueling Mexico City: A Grain Revolution
So here’s Nicola Twilley’s transcript of Fueling Mexico City: A Grain Revolution, the talk I gave at Postopolis 2010 last week in Mexico City. Do go to her post too…
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