For one of our projects in the Literacy Mega-Course we had to do a culture calendar. I have been looking at México and working with a group planning a literacy program for an indigenous community there. Considering the cultural elements of México corn is a big one. So I started to poke around the internet and look at what the big issues are for México and corn. I don't know why I have never done this before, but to my shock, one of the big things in English about corn in México is the use of GMO corn. I am just going to post a few links because there is no need to add to the plethora of blogs discussing the issue.

• The story of corn: http://www.plantgenomesecrets.org/story-corn
• History of corn: http://www.campsilos.org/mod3/students/c_history5.shtml
• Mexico resists Monsanto corn: http://newint.org/blog/2013/05/24/vandana-shiva-mexico-monsanto-corn/
• Mexico, cradle of corn, finds its noble grain under assault: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/02/02/107954/mexico-cradle-of-corn-finds-its.html#storylink=cpy