Corn meets maize : food movements and markets in Mexico / Lauren E. Baker.

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Baker, Lauren, 1971-

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Lanham : Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, [2013]Description: 1 online resource (x, 189 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781442206533
1442206535
9781299184350
1299184359
0810895099
9780810895096

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Corn meets maizeDDC classification:

338.1/972 23

LOC classification:

HD9049.C8

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Contents:

Why food? Why maize and corn? -- Milpas, markets and movements : maize in Mexico -- Case study 1, nuestro maíz -- Case study 2, Itanoní Tortillería -- Case study 3, the Michoacan Agribusiness Centre -- Conclusion : sopa de milpa (field soup).

Summary: "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"--Provided by publisher.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-182) and index.

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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"--Provided by publisher.

English.

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