Trade, Food Policies, and the Destruction of Mexico
About the Book
Mexican cuisine has emerged as a paradox of globalization. Food enthusiasts throughout the world celebrate the humble taco at the same time that Mexicans are eating fewer tortillas and more processed food. Today Mexico is experiencing an epidemic of diet-related chronic illness. The precipitous rise of obesity and diabetes—attributed to changes in the Mexican diet—has resulted in a public health emergency.
In her gripping new book, Alyshia Gálvez, a Faculty Fellow at the CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute, exposes how changes in policy following NAFTA have fundamentally altered one of the most basic elements of life in Mexico—sustenance. Mexicans are faced with a food system that favors food security over subsistence agriculture, development over sustainability, market participation over social welfare, and ideologies of self-care over public health. Trade agreements negotiated to improve lives have resulted in unintended consequences for people’s everyday lives.
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More details for Book Talks below on alyshiagalvez.com
Monday October 1 Presentation
7:00 pm ET
New York University, Food Studies, CLACS
Moderators: Krishnendu Ray, Melissa Fuster Rivera
Tuesday October 16 Presentation
6:30 pm ET
Book Salon, CUNY Graduate Center
Moderator: Dana-Aín Davis, Interlocutors: Melissa Fuster Rivera, Alexandra Délano Alonso
October 23
Food Matters, Culture Week Presentation
4:30 PM
Villanova University
Pennsylvania
Friday November 9 Presentation
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR
Tuesday November 13 Presentation
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ
Wednesday November 14 Presentation
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
by Alyshia Gálvez
