Lindsey Collins, BSc, MASGIS, RN, BSN - Author - Center for Nutrition Studies https://nutritionstudies.org/author/lcollins/ Food. Science. Health. Fri, 20 Oct 2023 07:58:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 NAFTA Changed the Face of Mexico’s Food System, Leading to Devastating Public Health Implications for its People https://nutritionstudies.org/nafta-changed-the-face-of-mexicos-food-system-leading-to-devastating-public-health-implications-for-its-people/ Thu, 10 Nov 2022 11:37:04 +0000 https://nutritionstudies.org/?p=44864 "Eating NAFTA… exposes how changes in policy following NAFTA have fundamentally altered one of the most basic elements of life in Mexico – sustenance. Mexicans face a food system that favors food security over subsistence agriculture, development over sustainability, market participation over social welfare, and ideologies of self-care over public health. Trade agreements negotiated to improve lives have sometimes failed, resulting in unintended consequences for people's everyday lives."

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Written by Lindsey Collins, BSc, MASGIS, RN, BSN.

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