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JHan

(10,173 posts)
11. That's true, but mostly when grown as a mono-crop.
Thu Feb 23, 2017, 12:12 PM
Feb 2017

Mixed farming yields better results and better for the environment but you're right about the sustainability of corn.

Some of the varieties of corn that disappeared when NAFTA first arrived are making a come back in rural mexico where some farmers are returning to sustainable traditional methods like the Triqui farming method. There's a lot of debate about farming techniques but, on the plus side, at least there's now an awareness of how to lessen the impact of extensive agriculture on the environment.

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