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Achievements and Challenges in Chiapas and Yucatán

Achievements and Challenges in Chiapas and Yucatán

23 November 2020 Chiara Davico

In the last few years, Slow Food has had the opportunity to work in two territories in Mexico: Yucatán and Chiapas. In Yucatán, starting in 2016, three Presidia were created: the hairless pig, the pumpkin seed, the Xunankab honey, with the aim of promoting a sustainable system of food production and consumption to promote the …

The Women of Chiapas Protectors of the Milpa

The Women of Chiapas Protectors of the Milpa

22 October 2020

The women of Chiapas have preserved for centuries the ancestral knowledge of La Milpa, a valuable pillar of agriculture that has provided the community with food and cultural sovereignty. The Presidium of La Milpa celebrates their invaluable contribution to this tradition, fostering seed preservation, soil health, and environmental well-being as a foundation for their community. …

Yucatan, Steeped in Tradition and Ancestral Knowledge

Yucatan, Steeped in Tradition and Ancestral Knowledge

18 April 2020 Diego Pinzón Mañé

Perhaps more than in other places in Mexico, the ancient traditions, customs and rhythms are part of daily life in Yucatan. In some parts of the region, the Mayan language prevails over Spanish, and in some cases Spanish is not spoken at all. The peninsula is rich in many ways: culturally, is home of the …

The “eat less meat” movement is growing. Does it distort science? (Part 1 of 3)

The “eat less meat” movement is growing. Does it distort science? (Part 1 of 3)

20 December 2019

“There are many, many ways to raise meat, and dismissing all meat as being destructive is asinine because it ignores the significant variation in production methods and ecosystems in which meat can be produced.”

The Milpa System in Chiapas: A Bastion of Biodiversity

The Milpa System in Chiapas: A Bastion of Biodiversity

13 May 2019

Mexico’s first agroecology congress will be held between May 12 and 17 in San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas. To mark the occasion, Slow Food will officially be welcoming the milpa system into the network of Presidia.

A complex Mesoamerican intercropping method, the milpa is a sustainable agricultural system that can combat the loss of biodiversity in rural areas thanks to the rich variety it incorporates. The most common crops, and the most representative of the local diet in the Mexican region of Chiapas, are corn, beans and squash, which coexist and form symbiotic relationships with each other and other plants like tomatoes, chili peppers, quelites (wild herbs), fruit trees and dozens of other vegetables, as well as fungi and insects who find their ideal habitat in the milpa.

Child labor on Indonesian palm oil plantations

Child labor on Indonesian palm oil plantations

30 November 2016

Women working long hours for as little as $2.50 a day with no healthcare or pension. Children as young as eight doing hard physical labor, at the expense of school. Toxic chemicals causing serious injuries to workers without adequate safety equipment. According to a new report published today by Amnesty International, that’s the price we’re paying for cheap palm oil.

Wild and Wonderful

Wild and Wonderful

8 February 2007

New project to improve awareness of plant genetic resources for food

FORUM – Cultivating Ideas

FORUM – Cultivating Ideas

15 July 2002 Sophie Herron

Two of India’s loudest agricultural spokesmen explain the importance of a return to biodiversity

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