Heirloom varieties make up far less than 1% of total domestic corn production in Mexico. But for the first time in years, Vargas and others are hopeful about the crop. Some in the academic and ...

T here are nearly 60 heirloom corn varieties in Mexico, ... Corn stalks are cut and dried out in the field for 15 to 20 days ...

But now, the heirloom corn Vargas grows is in vogue ... and researchers as they sowed hundreds of native corn seeds in a recently plowed field in Apizaco, Tlaxcala. Noriega, of Chapingo Autonomous ...

But Berenice Perez, 35, believes the heirloom corn varieties she grows are healthier, as well as tastier. She left Mexico's capital three years ago and moved to rural Las Mesas in Tlaxcala.

Corn stalks are cut and dried out in the field for 15 to 20 days before ears are picked off, manually unhusked, completely de-kerneled with passed down tools, and sorted by kernel size to be sold.

IXTENCO, Mexico (AP) — On the slopes of the Malinche volcano, Juan Vargas starts the dawn routine he’s had since childhood, carefully checking stalks of colorful native corn. For years, Vargas ...

But Berenice Pérez, 35, believes the heirloom corn varieties she grows are healthier, as well as tastier. She left Mexico’s capital three years ago and moved to rural Las Mesas in Tlaxcala.

Small farmers in Mexico struggling to preserve colorful native corn varieties are finding new hope in the market. They cite the growing number of consumers seeking organic produce from small-scale ...