Corn Meets Maize

Food Movements and Markets in Mexico

Lauren E. Baker (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

200 Seiten

2012
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-4422-0651-9 (ISBN)

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This compelling book exploresthe 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.

Lauren E. Baker is the coordinator of the Toronto Food Policy Council at Toronto Public Health. She teaches at the University of Toronto and is a research associate with the Centre for Studies in Food Security at Ryerson University.

Chapter 1: Why Food? Why Maize and Corn?
Chapter 2: Milpas, Markets and Movements
Chapter 3: Nuestro Maíz
Chapter 4: Itanoní Tortillería
Chapter 5: The Michoacán Centre for Agribusiness
Chapter 6: Biocultural Agrifood Relations
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Zusatzinfo	6 BW Illustrations, 19 BW Photos, 1 Table
Sprache	englisch
Maße	154 x 234 mm
Gewicht	426 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
Themenwelt	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
ISBN-10	1-4422-0651-9 / 1442206519
ISBN-13	978-1-4422-0651-9 / 9781442206519
Zustand	Neuware