Using camera traps, a dab of Calvin Klein’s Obsession perfume and other chemical essences that smell of fermented fruit, eggs and hormones, biologist Sergio Pérez Contreras set about researching the…
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Since 2009, in the Pátzcuaro-Zirahuén region of Michoacán, Red Tsiri (“tsiri” is the Purépecha word for maize) has attempted to recover the gastronomic, cultural and agricultural wealth represented by local…
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Peasants in the fertile lands of Michoacán always add a few kernels of red maize to the seed. “Our ancestors believed that red cobs would protect farm work,” remarks Javier…
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“Without agaves, there would be no tlachiqueros; without tlachiqueros there would be no pulque; and without pulque, there’s nothing; no parties or fun” –tlachiquera Teresa de Jesús García. Nopal cactuses…
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Interview with Tere García, a tlachiquera (a person who extracts agave nectar) from Otumba in the State of Mexico. Teresa de Jesús García González was born 28 years ago in…