Forbidden Fruit — some updates on the indigenous revolutionary project in Cherán, Michoacán, Mexico

schmorpel, 7 months ago

Excellent and interesting article. It reminds me of where I live. They’ve just torn up another hillside for almonds (superfood, yay) around here, those will need watering, and where nothing else grows they are encouraged by the paper industry to plant non-native eucalyptus. Same idea as in so many places: some quick money crop ruins local landscapes and water supply.

Unfortunately we have not enough people here (yet) who understand that (the right) trees do indeed bring rain, and that turning landscapes into monocultures comes at a high cost. Whereas it’s not a problem to have a lemon tree, an avocado tree, a pine tree, some oaks, some eucapytus, some shrubs… all mixed up in a landscape planted where it makes sense, and they’ll add value to the place. Monoculture is greed, but it’s also normalized for so many people who do not know better anymore - there’s years of ag industry brainwashing to fight.