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| feral trade blue corn |
| Blue corn grown in Ozolco, the highest village before Mexico's most articulate volcano Popocatepetl. Each farmer preserves his own corn seeds down the generations giving rise to hundreds of native varieties within the same village. Farmer and chef Jaime Boyso cultivates blue and white corn on his semi-vertical 4 acre plot, interspersed with fruit trees, beans, agave and nopale cactus for home consumption. The dried corn is processed into toasted flour (pinole) by Amigos de Ozolco in their family-home factory, for export to Philadelphia where 40% of Ozolco currently lives, a project effectively reversing NAFTA's efforts to flood the Mexican market with cheap American corn.
ferally traded since: 27/11/12.
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| | FER-1721 | | Amigos de Ozolco Ozolco, Mexico to Feral Trade Bristol, UK | | dispatched 10/01/13 delivered 27/02/13 |
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| blue corn shipment FER-1721
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| REMARKS: | Transatlantic courier opportunity to transport blue corn Mexico-Europe found with a friend of Dorota's visiting Cholula from Poland. |
| QTY: | 4 units at bag each |
| FROM: |
Amigos de Ozolco in Ozolco, Mexico
https://es-es.facebook.com/amigosdeozolco |
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Feral Trade in Bristol, UK
http://feraltrade.org |
| SENDER: | Jaime Boyso |
| RECEIVER: | kate rich |
| REQUESTED: | to ship between 08/12/12 and 04/02/13 |
| STATUS: | delivered Feral Trade 27/02/13 |
| MAP | route map |
| www.feraltrade.org |
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COURIER:
 Agnieszka Orzechowska
Marta Stachowiak-Dobrakowska
kate rich
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| TOTAL ROUTE:
Amigos de Ozolco-Cholula bus station-Mexico City Benito Juarez airport-Frankfurt airport-Warsaw airport-Koscielna-London Stansted airport-Epsom Holiday Inn Express London-Tattenham Corner station-London Bridge station-Brockley Gardens-London Paddington station-Bristol Temple Meads station-Bristol Farmers Market--Feral Trade |
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| blue corn Amigos de Ozolco to Feral Trade
1. corn stored on roof 2. departing orozco minibus 3. blue corn and potehtli pinole safe in agnieskas kitchen Lodz Poland 4. epsom holiday inn express 5. epsom holiday inn corn waiting at reception 6. trader selfportrait holiday inn epsom 7. feral trade blue corn transits epsom racecourse 8. feral bag station pickup bristol |
| Shipping Facts |
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| FER-1721 import purchase & freight
| | 4 x blue corn bag | gross | per bag |
| | Courier Report FER-1721 DISPATCHED: 10/01/13 DELIVERED: 27/02/13 Agnieszka Orzechowska Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 01:25:44 -0600
To: kate rich .
Hey Kate,
i already packed your stuff to my backpack and on friday it will be in
poland. waiting for your instructions about how to send this to brussels.
take care!
aga
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Marta Stachowiak-Dobrakowska drove with her mum to Warsaw airport to fly Ryanair, which was one hour late due to the late arrival of the plane from London, every minute worse. From London Stansted airport to Epsom she caught a taxi. She works for Dermalogica whose UK head office is in nearby Leatherhead, normally she would stay there in a hotel for policemen, Federation House, but it was full so this time she's at Epsom Holiday Inn Express. The taxi driver told her all about Epsom's famous Derby.
kate rich phoned Marta at her hotel to check on safe arrival of courier and corn. feb 25th whilst in london area on goldsmiths college visiting lecturer business (MA in creative industry) i caught the regional train out to tattenham corner, 1 hour from london bridge station which put me in striking distance of the holiday inn hotel, located literally on/in Epsom racecourse although closed for a non raceday sadly. Holiday Inn reception clerk efficiently handed over a plastic bag with 5kg corn & i headed back to central london, rolling suitcase tusseling occasionally against the racetrack turf. After some central london social meetings travelled to Brockley for the evening via a typical london transport disaster, strand and aldwych blocked off by impenetrable police action and the buses set on mystery diversions meant 3x tube rides misadvised by static underground gate staff and multi rollercoaster sets of station stairs, dragging the now ultra weighted feral bag. 27/2 in way more benign conditions caught bus/tube/bus to paddington and the train back to bristol, feral bag travelling the final mile by bike which i had thoughtfully parked at temple meads station.
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| freight and handling blue corn to Feral Trade sponsored by |
| | FERALTRADE products passed by hand. The word 'feral' describes a process that is deliberately wild, as in pigeon, as opposed to nature wild (wolf). Feral Trade freight operates largely outside commercial channels, using the surplus potential of social, cultural and data networks for the distribution of goods. contact kate@feraltrade.org |
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