Agricultural Producers Call for Removing Basic Grains from USMCA, Building Food Sovereignty
What’s the point of lowering inflation with cheap imported products that generate unemployed people who have no income to purchase cheap goods?
Agriculture
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Oaxaca Nears Self-Sufficiency in Corn
The Secretary of Agri-Food Development and Rural Development said that the goal is to reach 800 thousand tons annually.
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Neoliberal Policies Have Compromised Mexico’s Food Sovereignty
With the USMCA revision, Mexico will be even less self-sufficient in food as the US pushes for more imports and Mexico lacks a substantive policy to support and develop national agricultural production.
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Agrifood Exports Fall Due to Trump’s Policies
The closure of the US to Mexican beef, coupled with the compensatory quota imposed on tomatoes, caused a 4.3% drop in the value of Mexican agricultural exports in the first seven months of 2025.
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Mexico’s State Honey Arrives!
Multifloral honey is the third food product launched by the Mexican government this year, after Bienestar Coffee and Bienestar Chocolate.
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The 4th Transformation & Rural Mexico
The progress made in rural areas since the first administration of Mexico’s Fourth Transformation has been significant, but much remains to be resolved. In the paths yet to be taken, the voice of rural organizations is fundamental.
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Mexico’s Future Will be Small and Local
Everything indicates that the current dominant model of globalization, created and perfected by corporations and banks, is already unsustainable.
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Sembrando Vida: Seeding Life
Mayan Values are reflected in the government program to support reforestation and repair ecosystems after years of damage from agribusiness and tourism.
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Mexico meets US challenge to show science behind GM corn restrictions
Mexico demonstrated that the cultivation and consumption of genetically modified corn have different negative effects on health, native corn and the environment.
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Fair Trade Labels? Certified Exploitation
Fair trade labeling originated with Oaxacan small scale farmers, but now years of “fairwashing” have produced a label that papers over worker abuse to benefit agribusiness.
