Mexico’s move to ban genetically modified corn is a manifestation of its efforts to protect numerous native corn varieties against the global ag industry’s push towards genetically modified organisms ...

Mexico has dozens of native corn varieties, including this Bolita Belatove from Oaxaca, which Emmanuel Galvan holds. Galvan works with heirloom corn varieties and says he understands President Andrés ...

A worker unloads corn at a processing facility in Misantla, Veracruz state, Mexico, in July 2021. Mexican leaders have approved a constitutional amendment to ban the planting of genetically modified ...

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's lower house of Congress on Tuesday approved a constitutional reform to ban the planting of genetically modified (GM) corn, a move that could lead to more tension with ...

According to a March 21, 2025 report issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s Foreign Agricultural Service, the scope of Mexico’s recent ban on the cultivation of genetically engineered ...

Mexico's president says the country will no longer allow tortillas to be made with genetically modified corn. Now, that might sound like a boring policy decision, but this is a much bigger story ...

IXTENCO, MexicoIXTENCO, Mexico — On the slopes of the Malinche volcano, Juan Vargas starts the dawn routine he’s had since childhood, carefully checking stalks of colorful native corn. For years, ...

Mexico wants more than just a presidential decree on its genetically modified corn ban in place as it enters the final phase of a dispute with the U.S., so the country is working to solidify the ...

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum gives a media briefing from the National Palace in Mexico City in October. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File) Mexico will rescind its import ban on genetically ...

IXTENCO, Mexico >> On the slopes of the Malinche volcano, Juan Vargas starts the dawn routine he’s had since childhood, carefully checking stalks of colorful native corn. For years, Vargas worried ...

IXTENCO, Mexico — On the slopes of the Malinche volcano, Juan Vargas starts the dawn routine he’s had since childhood, carefully checking stalks of colorful native corn. For years, Vargas worried that ...