The Economics of Campesino Maize (Corn) in Mexico
Are you planting? That’s a polite question to ask a Mexican campesino in late spring. The answer increasingly, at least in this region, is no. No, said Chuy, the horse…
Read moreDeclining Bean Consumption in Mexico
According to this morning’s León, Mexico newspaper AM, bean consumption per capita in Mexico has declined from 18.9 kilos a year in 1990 to 11.9 kilos a year in 2006. …
Read moreHaciendas in Guanajuato: Big Farming in Mexican History
Today I took a morning off work to explore. I live in Guanajuato, Mexico which was for hundreds of years one of the richest silver mining towns in the world.…
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