It feels kinda strange to call them Mexican farmers. Like referring to the people who lived where the US is 9000 years ago "American Farmers".
Like I guess that's technically correct in a way. But it still feels weird.
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Mesoamerican for what we've called the aztecs and Indigenous American for the ones who were genocided by Europe?
Slowly. It happened slowly over multiple generations.
Yes! Actually, Mexican farmers are still fighting to preserve their numerous (really numerous, really rich) variety of corn because capitalists and allies are pushing for monopolies (hence, the same seeds), for profitable crops (hence, the best seeds for that purpose), and rare seeds are in danger. It took centuries to get there...
Mexican ecological fights are bloody.
Personal rant. And I do not understand in which state of mind you need to be to kill someone protecting special corn seeds or butterflies. For what? More money that is not needed because there's enough already in the world? Go take it from the guys who retain it! Leave Nature, and their animals, and the people alone, FFS.
Corporate greed knows no limits.
This shit is the cause of a fair bit of anemia and malnutrition in sub Saharan Africa.
Fuck corn.
Edit: there are tons of research articles about how corn meal such as pap/samp or other regional varieties cause iron and micronutrition deficiencies in babies in the area.
Spouting out "bUT tHeY jUsT NeEd to PReParE iT CorReCtly" is so fucking privelaged abelist arm chair scientist that it's insane.
Fortification helps, but that doesn't happen in a lot of places that grow and process their own corn.
Not everyone gets to go to the corner store and buy their corn in a fucking bag.
Corn is a shit food, your body doesn't even process it well and it has an actual impact on rural populations nutrition and development because of this.
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