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 Stories About: ag policy AND agriculture AND food AND Mexico AND Victual Reality
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Bad Wrap
How Archer Daniels Midland cashes in on Mexico's tortilla woes |
Tom Philpott |
22 Feb 2007 |
Victual Reality |
| Much has been made in the U.S. press about Mexico's "tortilla crisis" -- the recent spike in the price of its definitive corn-based flatbread. Media reports tend to focus blame on U.S. ethanol production, which has surged over the past year, causing the global price of corn to double. The situation stoked the food vs. fuel debate, showing that even marginally offsetting gasoline with ... |
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| Topics: ag policy, agriculture, food, Mexico, Victual Reality (all these topics) |
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Tortilla Spat
How Mexico's iconic flatbread went industrial and lost its flavor |
Tom Philpott |
13 Sep 2006 |
Victual Reality |
| In a spectacle similar to the one conjured up by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2000, a Mexican judiciary panel handed the nation's presidency to Felipe Calderón last week. Even The New York Times, in its circumspect way, acknowledged that the new president-elect's narrow victory over leftist rival Andrés Manuel López Obrador involved seemingly illegal activity by Calderón's governmental and bi ... |
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| Topics: ag policy, agriculture, Big Ag, business, food, local food, Mexico, politics, Victual Reality (all these topics) |
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