MONSANTO IN MEXICO: Mexico approves pilot project for Monsanto’s GM corn

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Mexico approves pilot project for Monsanto’s GM corn

Mexico’s Agriculture Ministry has approved the country’s first pilot program for growing genetically-modified (GM) corn, a controversial move that small farmers and environmental groups see as an attack on the highly valued native strains.

Environmental groups have protested the GM projects in Mexico, saying it will lead to widespread planting of the GM product, contaminating or eliminating the country’s rich numbers of open-pollinated varieties known as landraces.

Corn production in Mexico is revered, dating back thousands of years. Its mythology tells that people were created from corn. The Huichol Indians hold corn, along with the deer and peyote, as a sacred part of their spiritual beliefs.