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- From: "Akiva Werbalowsky" <akivaw@hotmail.com>
- To: "The permaculture mailing list" <permaculture@listserv.unc.edu>
- Cc: permaculture@listserv.unc.edu, hopedance@aol.com, rivendell7@aol.com, dotcalm@fix.net
- Subject: [permaculture] Fire-Maiz on the Mountain
- Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 09:11:17 PST
I found these photos and following article of interest.
Enjoy,
A
Guatemalan Volcano Now Firing Photos
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_607000/607171.stm
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Full story sobtre Maiz Nation from LA Times
http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/updates/lat_mexcorn000117.htm
Corn is more than Mexico's largest crop: It is the nation's dietary mainstay and symbol of life itself. Farmers' reluctance to give it up despite its punishing economics reflects the resistance of a deeply agrarian society to fast-moving change, and illustrates why
agriculture is one of the most intractable facets of globalization.
Corn's extraordinarily deep roots in Mexico--it was first cultivated here--also inflame the biotechnology debate. The possible introduction of bioengineered crops has farmers, environmentalists and academics fretting about the pollution of primeval corn varieties and the destruction of 5,000 years of traditional farming practices in Mexico. Corn provided food stores for what archeologists believe were the first pre-Columbian metropolises.
Free Trade, Record Crops Depress Price
But the immediate source of grower Lara's vexation is more mundane: The price of corn is in the tank.
(more at website)
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- [permaculture] Fire-Maiz on the Mountain, Akiva Werbalowsky, 01/17/2000
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