Beyond the Fence

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ISBN: 9780935028331 | 0935028331
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Copyright: 3/31/2009

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While the immigration debate in the U.S. has focused narrowly on political and physical barriers, on legalization versus deportation, on border security and enforcement, this book takes us beyond the fence and past that polarized debate, to examine the underlying forces driving immigration and the promising grassroots solutions already underway. Book jacket.

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. x
Introduction	p. xii
Food First Reality Tour Participants	p. xv
Borderlands	p. 1
Destinations
The Border Farmworkers' Center in El Paso, Texas, a homeless shelter and resource center for migrant farmworkers	p. 1
Colonia settlements along the U.S.-Mexico Border, and a conversation with children across the border fence	p. 7
Cervantes Inc., a large chile pepper operation in New Mexico, which employs migrant workers in its fields on both sides of the border	p. 13
La Mujer Obrera, an El Paso grassroots community development organization through which unemployed former factory workers are revitalizing a neighborhood and creating new economic opportunities for themselves	p. 19
Background Boxes
Conditions for U.S. Farmworkers	p. 6
The U.S.-Mexico Border Fence	p. 11
NAFTA and the U.S.-Mexico Border	p. 17
Maquiladoras	p. 25
Chihuahua	p. 29
Destinations
Meeting with farmers' organization El Frente Democrático Campesino and Chihuahua state representative Victor Quintana to learn about the history of migration from this agricultural region	p. 29
Meeting with farmers in the small town of Santa Isabel, Chihuahua, to hear their experiences and perspectives on migration	p. 37
Visit to El Ranchero Solidario, a rural farmer-owned cooperative grocery store that is creating new market opportunities and providing an alternative to migration	p. 42
Visit to a nearby ejido to speak with local farmers and returned migrants about their struggle to start productive projects and make a living in agriculture at home	p. 53
Background Boxes
Origins of the Green Revolution in Mexico	p. 31
Biofuels in Mexico	p. 35
Agricultural Guest-Worker Programs	p. 39
Government Support for Agriculture in Mexico	p. 44
Direct Marketing in Agriculture	p. 47
Effects of Synthetic Fertilizers on Soil	p. 55
Mexico City	p. 61
Destinations
Regional forum of La Vía Campesina, the International Peasant Movement	p. 61
Meeting with Diputada Susana Monreal Avila, member of the Mexican Congress, to discuss NAFTA and migration	p. 65
Background Boxes
La Vía Campesina: The International Peasant Movement	p. 63
The U.S. Farm Bill	p. 67
NAFTA: Effects on Agriculture	p. 71
Tlaxcala	p. 78
Destinations
Campesino a Campesino training center in the village of Vicente Guerrero, and local fields where sustainable agriculture practices are being implemented to increase soil fertility and crop yields	p. 80
Background Boxes
The Green Revolution and Peasant Agriculture	p. 81
Direct Marketing by Small Farmers in Central and Southern Mexico	p. 94
Oaxaca	p. 106
Destinations
Itanoní, an urban restaurant working to preserve traditional maize varieties by purchasing them from regional indigenous farmers	p. 108
Meeting with activist Aldo Gonzáles of the Union of Organizations of the Sierra Juárez Mountains of Oaxaca (UNOSJO) about the struggle to protect local natural resources from extraction by outside corporations, and the connection between environmental issues and migration	p. 111
Meeting with leaders of the Center for Integral Small Farmer Development of the Mixteca (CEDICAM) about the connections between soil erosion, sustainable agriculture, and migration	p. 125
Village of Saragoza, to learn from community members about their efforts to resist migration through sustainable agriculture and environmental restoration	p. 129
Background Boxes
Genetically Engineered Corn in Mexico	p. 117
Epilogue	p. 142
Update on Mexico-U.S. migration, the Farm Bill, NAFTA, and immigration policy	p. 142
Overview of the Global Food Crisis and Mexican Tortilla Crisis	p. 144
The International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science, and Technology for Development	p. 145
Personal reflection on the issues and alternatives presented in this book, and how they are connected to our own lives	p. 148
Appendix: Guide to Action	p. 151
Endnotes	p. 153
References for Background Boxes	p. 162
About the Author	p. 175
About Food First	p. 176
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