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Resistance And Innovation In The Evolving Urban Food System Of Monterrey Mexico, Craig K. Harris
Resistance And Innovation In The Evolving Urban Food System Of Monterrey Mexico, Craig K. Harris
Food Systems Summit 2014
Monterrey is the capital city of the state of Nuevo Leon in Mexico. Historically it is the leading industrial city of Mexico, with a strong history of foreign direct investment. Located in the northeastern part of the country, its proximity to Texas has fostered its status as a modern cosmopolitan metropolis. The past couple decades have been characterized by a history of violence, but that is now diminishing as citizens' groups are "taking back our city". The hot and arid climate of the region meant that, as the metropolis developed, it had to rely on some importation of food from …