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Corn Meets Maize

Food Movements and Markets in Mexico
  • ISBN-13: 9780810895096
  • Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
    Imprint: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
  • By Lauren E. Baker
  • Price: AUD $68.99
  • Stock: 0 in stock
  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 14/01/2018
  • Format: Paperback 200 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Research methods: general [GPS]
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This compelling book explores the intimate connections between people and plants, agriculture and cooking, and the practical work of building local food networks and transnational social movements. Lauren E. Baker uses corn and maize to consider central debates about food security and food sovereignty, biodiversity and biotechnology, culture and nature, as well as globalization and local responses, in Mexico and beyond. For the author, corn symbolizes the commoditization of agriculture and the cultural, spiritual, ecological and economic separation of people from growing, cooking, and sharing food. Conversely, maize represents emerging food movements that address contemporary health, environmental, and economic imperatives while rooted in agricultural and culinary traditions. The meeting of corn and maize reveals the challenge of, and possibilities for, reclaiming food from its commodity status in the global context of financial turmoil, food crises, and climate change.
Chapter 1: Why Food? Why Maize and Corn? Chapter 2: Milpas, Markets and Movements Chapter 3: Nuestro Maiz Chapter 4: Itanoni Tortilleria Chapter 5: The Michoacan Centre for Agribusiness Chapter 6: Biocultural Agrifood Relations References
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