Rachel Laudan

Big, Beautiful Farms

By Rachel Laudan July 19, 2008 Food Politics 7 Comments

I am constantly amazed at the numbers of people who sit at their (say) Toshiba computers on a chair from Ikea or Office Depot wearing Levis and drinking Coke and…

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Good News: Argentine Agricultural Export Tax Defeated

By Rachel Laudan July 18, 2008 Food Politics, Globalization Then and Now, Oddities and Things that Don't Fit 2 Comments

Earlier I posted on my reactions to the standoff between Argentine farmers and the government over a proposed export tax on grains of around 40%. Given the widespread reporting on…

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How are the mighty metates fallen!

By Rachel Laudan July 16, 2008 Grinding No Comments

Metates (“simple” grindstones) are one of my passions and I must post more on them. But today visiting the recently-opened archaeological site, Plazuelas, in the southern part of the state…

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