Mexico enshrines native corn as a national symbol, bans genetically modified seeds
Mexican leaders have voted to amend the Constitution to declare native corn “an element of national identity” and ban the planting of genetically modified (GM) seeds.
Corn originated in Mexico approximately 9,000 years ago, when Mesoamerican farmers began domesticating the wild grass called teosinte.
Since then, it has been held…
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