Ethanol Drives Mexican Farmers from Tequila to Corn

“Martha Venegas Trujillo stands in the center of the town square of Tequila, the heart of a plan to connect distilleries, archeological sites, craftsmakers, and restaurants via a route called the “Tequila Trail.”

Her eyes shine. A highlight of the project she is coordinating, modeled after similar tourist circuits such as Californias Napa Valley, are the miles and miles spent driving past the blue-hued agave fields that blanket the state of Jalisco.

But imagine if those fields, which were named a UNESCO World Heritage site last year, looked more like the American Great Plains, fringed instead by towering stalks of corn.”

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