Link to NYT archived article: NAFTA Should Have Stopped Illegal Immigration, Right?
Will comment extensively someday: however, one of the most insulting things noted in the article is the requirement for Mexican farms to switch from growing corn, which is heavily subsidized in the U.S., and therefore cheaper, to growing strawberries and other vegetables. One of the results of industrialized farming, or, if you will, colonized agriculture, is that indigenous diets and mythos are stripped of their rich roots. Corn has been a staple of pre-Columbus American diets and mythos for thousands of years. People were created from corn in a version of the Popol Vuh origin story.
So how the hell are they supposed to feed themselves on strawberries?
Will comment extensively someday: however, one of the most insulting things noted in the article is the requirement for Mexican farms to switch from growing corn, which is heavily subsidized in the U.S., and therefore cheaper, to growing strawberries and other vegetables. One of the results of industrialized farming, or, if you will, colonized agriculture, is that indigenous diets and mythos are stripped of their rich roots. Corn has been a staple of pre-Columbus American diets and mythos for thousands of years. People were created from corn in a version of the Popol Vuh origin story.
So how the hell are they supposed to feed themselves on strawberries?
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