Rachel Laudan

The Economics of Campesino Maize (Corn) in Mexico

By Rachel Laudan March 8, 2008 Adventures, Mainly Culinary, Food Politics 4 Comments

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…

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Corn (Maize) Production and Importation in Contemporary Mexico

By Rachel Laudan February 17, 2008 Adventures, Mainly Culinary, Food Politics, Globalization Then and Now, Modern Food 1 Comment

So much of food politics swirls around corn at the moment: denunciations of corn as the cause of growing obesity or the poster child for agribusiness; the problems of CM…

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Food News from My Part of Mexico: “Mexican” for Export

By Rachel Laudan January 15, 2008 Food Politics, Globalization Then and Now, Modern Food No Comments

Gigante Verde (green giant) is going to build a new 1.5 hectare plant in Irapuato. Irapuato, about forty minutes drive from Guanajuato, is pretty much the agricultural capital of central…

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