The world’s largest peasant & Indigenous movement expressed its solidarity with Mexican farmers, who have been striking to demand the government remove basic grains from free trade agreements.
Multifloral honey is the third food product launched by the Mexican government this year, after Bienestar Coffee and Bienestar Chocolate.
The chocolate is sourced from small, peasant producers who cultivate the cocoa using agroforestry methods in the states of Chiapas and Tabasco, and will be first made available at public Tiendas Bienestar.
In this interview, agroecologist Dr. Cecilia Elizondo explains a new “both/and” model of development being tried in Mexico of agro-ecology, wholistic development and food sovereignty.