‘Planting Is a Right’: Guadalajara’s Urban Ag Rebels Rally Against Proposed Regulations — Again
From traffic medians to collective milpas, grassroots growers push back against a law they say criminalizes community care of the land. On a traffic median in Guadalajara, a patch of maize has grown and flourished every summer for nearly a decade. It was planted not by a government program or a corporate green initiative, but […]
“It’s not grass, it’s a milpa”: Defending Life on Avenida Federalismo
At the corner of Avenida Federalismo and Francisco Zarco, a small plot of earth has become a symbol of agroecological resistance. Known as Coamil Federalismo, this community agroecological space transforms one of Guadalajara’s busiest avenues into an oasis of food, medicine, and memory. It’s not just a garden — it’s a living classroom, a sanctuary […]
Milpa in Mexico: Defending a Way of Life
Defending the native corn is a matter of life or death. To say that we are a people of corn is not a pretty metaphor, but rather, it is the state of things. Our life is associated with corn, and not just as a source of food. It defines a way of life and an affirmation of our relationship with Mother Earth.
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