Food Sovereignty
Let’s cook, choose the traditional and local products. Leer en español By Fabiola Jiménez Everyone knows that milk comes from cows, not the supermarket. However, regardless of how obvious this statement seems, it is not so simple. As milk travels to our refrigerator it passes through so many procedures and intermediaries we can be confused to...
Don’t Eat It!
Leer en español Trafficking of “aphrodisiac” or uncommon endangered species is the third most profitable black market worldwide, trailing only drug trafficking and illegal arms sales. © Greenpeace / Steve Morgan
Seed Patents: A Risky Business
By Fabiola Jiménez Translated by J. M. Forsythe Leer en español Last summer I worked on an anthropological study exploring social movements related to the hunger crisis with a special focus on corn. In a conference organized by the Mujeres Artistas y el Maíz, I heard the term seed patents for the first time. It...
The Kitchen: A Neutral Zone
By Fabiola Jiménez Translated by Jenny Marie Forsythe Leer en español Despite attempts to defend claims on the origin and authenticity of ingredients, food travels through space and becomes part of many identities, transforming itself according to the customs of different regions and becoming part of the diet of many communities. Since the time of the...
What Is Indie Food?
Leer en español A few ideas to start with. The institutionalization of gastronomy has meant that those who do not agree with the “official” paradigms of food get left out. Nowadays, to be marginal is not a disadvantage; on the contrary, it is to take a place at the table where the air flows, simply,...
