Nescafé
Footnotes:
[1] Jonathan Graham, “A Tale of Two Valleys: An Examination of the Hydrological Union of the Mezquital Valley and the Basin of Mexico,” in Mexico in Focus: Political, Environmental, and Social Issues, ed. José Galindo (Nova Science Publishers, 2015), 33–79.
A number of dairy conglomerates such as Nestlé, Santa Clara, and Lala use Mezquital produced alfalfa to feed their cows. These large companies, alongside transnational corporations involved in the valley, represent the glossy skewing of regional agricultural statistics. Although CONAGUA estimates that collectively the Mezquital’s irrigation districts produce higher crop yields and more profits than neighboring regions, the money made on the market primarily goes to the big companies like Nestlé rather than ejidatarios working small plots of land. Meanwhile, over 90 percent of Hidalgo state’s population lives at or below the poverty threshold, and the international out migration rates are equally high. [1]
Footnotes:
[1] Jonathan Graham, “A Tale of Two Valleys: An Examination of the Hydrological Union of the Mezquital Valley and the Basin of Mexico,” in Mexico in Focus: Political, Environmental, and Social Issues, ed. José Galindo (Nova Science Publishers, 2015), 33–79.
