Descubra El Desierto - When the Marginal Becomes the Exotic: The Politics of Culinary Tourism in Rural Mexico April 21, 2009

Find out what happened when Michoacan went to Paris and the traditional foods became popular and had to go into a different mode of production.

In New Mexico, Dr. Stanford is engaged in applied social research on government and non-governmental organizations working with Hispanic farmers in the state. Housed at Tuskegee, the proposed center addresses the critical problem of disproportionate land loss by three rural minority groups (African Americans, Hispanic-Americans, and Native Americans). Under the direction of Dr. Stanford, the New Mexico component includes local projects within the three identified programs of land tenure, sustainability issues and rural community preservation, as well as developing greater institutional linkages between regional farmer organizations and the centers at U. Wisconsin and Tuskegee University. The goal is to develop a network and directory for potential, creative, and viable technical assistance programs in New Mexico.