Mexico, 31st edition of the Corn Cultural Week: gastronomy, art and culture begins
*Gastronomic shows consist of 140 exhibitors
*Conservation of transgenic-free corn is a permanent struggle
*Corn Week has 4000 visitors per day and exposes the multiple uses of this crop
*Original producers work to conserve their seeds free of biological contamination
*The event is an economic meeting and a gathering of traditions
*Conservation of transgenic-free corn is a permanent struggle
*Corn Week has 4000 visitors per day and exposes the multiple uses of this crop
*Original producers work to conserve their seeds free of biological contamination
*The event is an economic meeting and a gathering of traditions
Transcript
00:00Despite urbanization, an important extension of land in the Tlahuac municipality is still dedicated to corn cultivation for the producers.
00:07The corn cultural week is not only a source of income, but also a way of preserving their traditions.
00:13Antonio Aranda, our correspondent, has details.
00:17In San Juan, in Yactupan, in the Tlahuape municipality, the 31st edition of the Cultural Week of Corn and Gastronomy, Arts and Culture is held.
00:31The gastronomy show consists of 140 exhibitors, one of which is Don Antonio, a 4th generation farmer and producer of local grown corn.
00:42Most of the people here in town leave off corn and appreciate it very much.
00:46My life has always been this, the field.
00:49Where am I going? What is it worth?
00:51Dedicate yourself to the field, to what you know, and that is what we have dedicated ourselves to, to planting corn.
01:00For Don Antonio, the conservation of transgenic free corn is a permanent struggle against the onslaught of international corporations seeking to commercialize it freely for human consumption in Mexico.
01:14The transgenic free corn is better. It is yellow and this one is white.
01:18It has a different taste, and it is not the same, the taste of corn and corn.
01:24That is why it is important to preserve this corn seed so that it is not lost.
01:31Nowadays, young people have renewed their interest in preserving the traditional methods of planting and harvesting corn, says Alicia Diaz, member of the organizing committee of the Corn Week.
01:44We can find that many young people, especially young people who, for example, are studying agronomy, gastronomy, help you to better choose the seeds and many of them are working in each of their areas.
02:01With a daily influx of 4,000 people, the Corn Week exposes the seeds and the multiple uses of this crop in the seven agrarian centers of the Tlahuac municipality,
02:11which contributes to the food sovereignty of the capital of Mexico by providing safe food, details this local official.
02:19In the context of controversy between Mexico and the United States over the free sale of transgenic corn for human consumption, native producers are working to preserve their seeds free of biological contamination.
02:32The cultural week of corn in San Juan Xiatopan in the Tlahuac municipality is not only an economic meeting for the producers, it is also a motive for the citizens to maintain their traditions.