Category Food

Mexico Protests Monsanto with a Carnival of Corn

May 31, 2013 · by · in Activism, Food, Social Movements, Sustainability · 1 Comment

This article first appeared on May 30, 2013 on Waging Nonviolence, “a source for original news and analysis about struggles for justice and peace around the globe.” Feel free to share it in accordance with Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 licensing. On May 25, an estimated two million people across 50 countries participated in the […]

Food Not Bombs, Mexico City.

May 28, 2013 · by · in Activism, Community Organizations, Culture, Economics, Food, Social Movements, Sustainability · Leave a comment

I had just gotten back to Mexico City from a trip to nearby Cuernavaca and was putting down my backpack when my housemate Paula said, “hey, I’m going to a Food Not Bombs meeting. Want to go?” “Food Not Bombs? In Mexico City? Sure, let’s go.”

The “Nescafe” Bean

March 28, 2013 · by · in Economics, Food, Sustainability · Leave a comment

This post is about a bean that my friend gave me. It’s known by people in Chiapas as the “Nescafe Bean.” Chiapas is a coffee-producing region, growing lots of the delicious stuff that the lucky few drink at our favorite cafés. But people there don’t drink that. Most of the coffee I’ve had in Mexico […]