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Tortillanomics: Food or Fuel? The Competition for Mexico's Corn
URL: http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/fellows/mexico_2008/

Description:
Companion website for this PBS Frontline documentary that discovers that "the increasing demand for corn-based biofuel in the United States is driving up the cost of Mexico's staple food, the tortilla." Features slideshows on protest and politics, the fight between biofuel producers and tortilla consumers for the corn harvest, and effects on farmers and the urban poor in Mexico. Includes related links on biofuels and rising food prices.

LII Topics: Agriculture, Alternative Fuel, Automobiles, Beans, Grains, Nuts, & Seeds, Corn, Corn, Crops, Economic Aspects

Author:
Wollan, Malia

Publisher:
WGBH

Extra Keywords
Public Broadcasting Service ethanol

LII Database Information:
Record 25983 created by Jennifer English on 04/25/2008
Last modification on 04/28/2008
Published: 04/30/2008  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/25983

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