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“Mexico is treating corn from the U.S. as a threat. Here's why.” (hexbear.net)

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There were article headlines and NPR shows about this like this 15 years ago.

National Geographic article from a few days ago

2009 Mother Jones article

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago

The US corn stock is basically like 1-2 clones of a single plant from 1949. Its super terrible and keeps farmers captive. GMO plants can be good, but their current state is an abusive monopoly that threatens food supplies and does live tests on hawaiian children.