Magical realism Quote by John Vaillant

“For an American like me, growing up linked to a very different food chain, yet one that is also rooted in a field of…

— Michael Pollan

“There is every reason to believe that corn has succeeded in domesticating us.”

— Michael Pollan

Mexico believes in free trade.

— Luis Videgaray Caso

“They said this would be the last year for corn. It needed too many fertilizers, and the oil to make them—the oil to make…

— Jeri Smith-Ready

For, behind the scenes, halfway around the world in Mexico, were two decades of aggressive research on wheat that not only enabled Mexico to…

— Norman Borlaug

If what is on the table is something that is not good for Mexico, Mexico will step away from NAFTA.

— Luis Videgaray Caso

“Corn might be the epidemic that kills us, but I've always loved staring at a big field of it, perfectly planted.”

— Nickolas Butler

“It's the land of my ancestors. I need to set my feet on that soil and see how I feel. I have missed my…

— Ruth Behar

“How this peculiar grass, native to Central America and unknown to the Old World before 1492, came to colonize so much of our land…

— Michael Pollan

“Corn is at the core of modern agribusiness, the most important food crop in North America. In no other crop are the values of…

— Carol Deppe

When it [NAFTA] was sold, we were supposed to get two or three times more exports to Canada or Mexico than they exported to…

— Collin Peterson

“So this is what commodity corn can do to a cow: industrialize the miracle of nature that is a ruminant, taking this sunlight- and…

— Michael Pollan