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  • From: Keith Johnson <keithdj@mindspring.com>
  • To: Permaculture ibiblio <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>, openpermaculture <permaculture@openpermaculture.org>
  • Subject: [permaculture] NAFTA and Mexico's Agrarian Apocalypse
  • Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 02:31:26 -0500

*NAFTA and Mexico's Agrarian Apocalypse <http://www.counterpunch.org/ross01152008.html>*
*Zero Hour*

John Ross
Counterpunch.org
January 15, 2008

At the stroke of midnight this past January 1st, a hundred or so farmers and day laborers from both sides of the border converged on the hump of the Cordoba Las Americas bridge that connects up El Paso and Ciudad Juarez, to mark the demise of Mexican agriculture*. In accordance with the timetables set by the North American Free Trade Agreement signed by Mexico, the U.S. and Canada 14 years ago, as of January 1st 2008, all tariffs on corn, beans, powdered milk, sugar and 200 agricultural products [from the US] were reduced to zero, setting in motion a doomsday scenario that farmers organizations here say will inevitably lead to crisis in the Mexican "campo" or countryside, mass abandonment of unsustainable plots, increased hunger, and even armed rebellion by the nation's beleaguered small farmers.
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*Read the rest... <NAFTA%20and%20Mexico%27s%20Agrarian%20Apocalypse,Zero%20Hour,,John%20Ross,Counterpunch.org,January%2015,%202008,,At%20the%20stroke%20of%20midnight%20this%20past%20January%201st,%20a%20hundred%20or%20so%20farmers%20and%20day%20laborers%20from%20both%20sides%20of%20the%20border%20converged%20on%20the%20hump%20of%20the%20Cordoba%20Las%20Americas%20bridge%20that%20connects%20up%20El%20Paso%20and%20Ciudad%20Juarez,%20to%20mark%20the%20demise%20of%20Mexican%20agriculture.%20In%20accordance%20with%20the%20timetables%20set%20by%20the%20North%20American%20Free%20Trade%20Agreement%20signed%20by%20Mexico,%20the%20U.S.%20and%20Canada%2014%20years%20ago,%20as%20of%20January%201st%202008,%20all%20tariffs%20on%20corn,%20beans,%20powdered%20milk,%20sugar%20and%20200%20agricultural%20products%20were%20reduced%20to%20zero,%20setting%20in%20motion%20a%20doomsday%20scenario%20that%20farmers%20organizations%20here%20say%20will%20inevitably%20lead%20to%20crisis%20in%20the%20Mexican%20%22campo%22%20or%20countryside,%20mass%20abandonment%20of%20unsustainable%20plots,%20increased%20hunger,%20and%20even%20armed%20rebellion%20by%20the%20nation%27s%20beleaguered%20small%20farmers.>
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Keith Johnson
"Be fruitful and mulch apply."
Permaculture Activist Magazine
PO Box 5516, Bloomington, IN 47407
(812) 335-0383
http://www.permacultureactivist.net
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Blog: http://kjpermaculture.blogspot.com/
also Patterns for Abundance Design & Consulting
http://www.permacultureactivist.net/design/Designconsult.html
also Association for Regenerative Culture
http://www.ARCulture.org
also APPLE-Bloomington (Alliance for a Post-Petroleum Local Economy) It's a
small world after oil.
http://www.relocalize.net/groups/applebloomington
also Bloomington Permaculture Guild
http://my.calendars.net/bloomingtonpccal/
and: http://bloomingtonpermacultureguild.blogspot.com/
also: Bioregional Congress
http://www.bioregional-congress.org






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