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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-1733 | | Amigos de Ozolco Ozolco, Mexico to Feral Trade Bristol, UK | | dispatched 01/03/13 delivered 22/03/13 |
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COURIER:
 minerva cuevas
Alfonso Salvador Rocha Robles
Hiuwai Chan
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| TOTAL ROUTE:
Amigos de Ozolco-Cholula bus station-Mexico TAPO bus station-Mejor Vida Corporation-Mexico City Benito Juarez airport-Amsterdam Schiphol Airport-Bristol airport-Bristol bus station--Feral Trade |
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| blue corn Amigos de Ozolco to Feral Trade
1. waiwai delivers all mexican goods 2. waiwai suitcase arrival bristol 3. feral suitcase mexico bristol unpack 4. blue corn bag delivery |
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| FER-1733 import purchase & freight
| | 5 x blue corn bag | gross | per bag |
| | Courier Report FER-1733 DISPATCHED: 01/03/13 DELIVERED: 22/03/13 minerva cuevas Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2013 16:13:29 +0000
Subject: Re: transports I got the puebla, the ones from Oax hopefully get them tomorrow.
I haven't pack but I think it will be Ok to take everything to Hague, I am trusting I have a suitcase
with 4 wheels! :) Stay warm! x M
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Alfonso Salvador Rocha Robles Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2013 12:13:12 -0600 Subject: blue corn
Dear Kate:
I talked to Jaime on Friday during our Slow Food meeting. He is not able to
go to Mexico City so he asked if I could take it. My girlfriend was not
able to come to Puebla but I would go next Friday (March 1st) to give your
order to Minerva.
So let me give you the total of the cost, for the product and transport,
and I would appreciate it if you could make the deposit during the week so
I can use that money for my bus ticket to Mexico City.
*Product Cost* 4 kg- Blue Corn Seed: $130; 1 kg- Blue Cornmeal no sugar: $40.
*Transport Cost* Puebla –Mexico: $300.
*Minerva: *May I have your phone number so I can call you on Friday when I
arrive to Mexico City. I will be near metro Coyoacan if it is possible to
meet there during the evening or night.
Regards, Alfonso.
Hiuwai Chan Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 14:15:47 +0100
hey kate,
I am on the road/hitch hiking to protugal, so i have limited internet access before this sunday. I should be
able to do the bristol/london route to mcr! but i need to double check with work first, i can confirm with you
next week. I have also asked around to see anyone traveling to those routes on those days.
waiwai
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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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