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 ...
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, 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, ...
The Associated Press Farmer Juan Vargas shows samples of his heirloom corn grown on his farm in Ixtenco, Mexico, on June 15. For years, Vargas worried that these heirloom varieties — running from deep ...
Berkeley - Some of Mexico's native varieties of corn grown in remote regions have been contaminated by transgenic DNA, a finding that has both surprised and dismayed the University of California, ...