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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Food First Reality Tour Participants | |
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| Borderlands | |
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| Destinations | |
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| The Border Farmworkers' Center in El Paso, Texas, a homeless shelter and resource center for migrant farmworkers | |
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| Colonia settlements along the U.S.-Mexico Border, and a conversation with children across the border fence | |
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| Cervantes Inc., a large chile pepper operation in New Mexico, which employs migrant workers in its fields on both sides of the border | |
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| 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 | |
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| Background Boxes | |
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| Conditions for U.S. Farmworkers | |
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| The U.S.-Mexico Border Fence | |
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| NAFTA and the U.S.-Mexico Border | |
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| Maquiladoras | |
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| Chihuahua | |
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| Destinations | |
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| Meeting with farmers' organization El Frente Democr�tico Campesino and Chihuahua state representative Victor Quintana to learn about the history of migration from this agricultural region | |
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| Meeting with farmers in the small town of Santa Isabel, Chihuahua, to hear their experiences and perspectives on migration | |
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| Visit to El Ranchero Solidario, a rural farmer-owned cooperative grocery store that is creating new market opportunities and providing an alternative to migration | |
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| 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 | |
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| Background Boxes | |
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| Origins of the Green Revolution in Mexico | |
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| Biofuels in Mexico | |
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| Agricultural Guest-Worker Programs | |
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| Government Support for Agriculture in Mexico | |
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| Direct Marketing in Agriculture | |
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| Effects of Synthetic Fertilizers on Soil | |
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| Mexico City | |
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| Destinations | |
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| Regional forum of La V�a Campesina, the International Peasant Movement | |
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| Meeting with Diputada Susana Monreal Avila, member of the Mexican Congress, to discuss NAFTA and migration | |
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| Background Boxes | |
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| La V�a Campesina: The International Peasant Movement | |
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| The U.S. Farm Bill | |
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| NAFTA: Effects on Agriculture | |
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| Tlaxcala | |
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| Destinations | |
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| 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 | |
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| Background Boxes | |
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| The Green Revolution and Peasant Agriculture | |
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| Direct Marketing by Small Farmers in Central and Southern Mexico | |
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| Oaxaca | |
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| Destinations | |
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| Itanon�, an urban restaurant working to preserve traditional maize varieties by purchasing them from regional indigenous farmers | |
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| Meeting with activist Aldo Gonz�les of the Union of Organizations of the Sierra Ju�rez 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 | |
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| 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 | |
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| Village of Saragoza, to learn from community members about their efforts to resist migration through sustainable agriculture and environmental restoration | |
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| Background Boxes | |
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| Genetically Engineered Corn in Mexico | |
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| Epilogue | |
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| Update on Mexico-U.S. migration, the Farm Bill, NAFTA, and immigration policy | |
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| Overview of the Global Food Crisis and Mexican Tortilla Crisis | |
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| The International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science, and Technology for Development | |
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| Personal reflection on the issues and alternatives presented in this book, and how they are connected to our own lives | |
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| Appendix: Guide to Action | |
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| Endnotes | |
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| References for Background Boxes | |
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| About the Author | |
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| About Food First | |