Women of maize, ancestral wisdom against an industry that sickens by Greta Rico

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Women of maize, ancestral wisdom against an industry that sickens

greta rico

Aug 21, 2023

Summary

To defend maize you have to plant it but also cook it, only then can you know its true flavour. In Mexico City, less and less native maize is eaten, since processed corn flour has monopolized everything. Facing a million-dollar industry, there are still women who know about native maize and above all know about its transformation from nixtamalization. They defend the milpas, its nutritional values and above all the ancestral way of cooking and eating native maize.

Para defender el maíz hay que plantarlo pero también cocinarlo, sólo así podrás conocer su verdadero sabor. En la Ciudad de México cada vez se come menos maíz nativo, ya que la harina de maíz procesada lo ha monopolizado todo. Frente a una industria millonaria, todavía hay mujeres que saben del maíz nativo y sobre todo saben de su transformación a partir de la nixtamalización. Defienden las milpas, sus valores nutricionales y sobre todo la forma ancestral de cocinar y comer maíz nativo.

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