Corn Meets Maize: Food Movements and Markets in Mexico - Couverture souple

Baker, Lauren E.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0810895099 ISBN 13 : 9780810895096

Editeur : Rowman & Littlefield, 2017

Synopsis

This compelling book explores the 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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Rowman & Littlefield
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0810895099
• ISBN 13: 9780810895096
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 200
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• Personne responsable: non disponible