With each year that passes, it feels less and less likely that full and accurate accountability will ever be reached for the students of the Ayotzinapa Rural Normal School. However, by refusing to allow the world to forget what happen in September 2014, the families of the victims proved that not all heinous acts by those in power can be brushed aside easily. 

Les banques, les casinos, les bijouteries, les musées, les banques centrales nationales : ces institutions nous ont offert le décor de certains des plus grands films de braquage de tous les temps.

Corn was not only created in Mexico, but it was the basis for human development there. Farmers in the central regions of the present-day borders began selectively breeding teosinte, a wild grass that looks very different than modern-day corn. Throughout the years, they were able to artificially select plants that had increasing nutritional value.

I have no doubt that farming will look very different in 20 years than it does now. Whether the blockchain will be a part of agriculture’s future or not is something I can’t say. Whatever technology is implemented in the future, my only hope is that it benefits the farmer the most, instead of companies and middlemen making money off the farmer.

L’athlète islandais Jón Páll Sigmarsson, l’un des plus célèbres hommes forts de tous les temps, a su s’élever au rang de héros national. Dans les années 1980, il pratiquait le culturisme et l’haltérophilie, sans toutefois avoir accès à des produits à base de protéines de lactosérum ni à une industrie axée sur la croissance musculaire rapide. 

This morning, as I write, Politico has pointed out that anti-immigrant sentiment has been on the rise the last decade in both the U.S. and Europe, something that surprises few citizens of either continent. The Dublin riots was a resounding indicator that Ireland hasn’t escaped this trend.

As the National Farmers Union (NFU) often highlights, consolidation among agribusiness in American agriculture has had a disastrous effect on family farms. They point out how 85% of corn seed is controlled by only four firms, 85% of beef packing is likewise owned by four companies and 95% of large farm tractors are made by three multinationals. It’s worth pointing out that American farmers have come up against corporate interests before – and won.

In October 2024, an establishment in London suffered the devastating theft of £300,000 (about $380,000) of inventory. It’s a loss that’s going to be tough to come back from. However, it wasn’t precious jewels or priceless artwork. It was cheese.

Dans les moments où j’essayais de maintenir la trayeuse en place sur une taure qui voulait la faire tomber ou que je luttais pour faire entrer une vache tarie au tempérament difficile dans une remorque, il m’est arrivé de me demander – tout en sueur et proférant des gros mots de colère – comment nous en étions arrivés là.