I teach NAS 123v, "Native Foods and Farming of the Americas" online every spring. Anyone can enroll via UC Davis Open Campus. Students from other UCs can enroll free for credit via UC Online. Lecture modules are asynchronous and can be done at your own pace; discussion sections are synchronous/live on Zoom every week. For more details about enrollment, contact Christine Kelly, chmkelly@ucdavis.edu.
I post news about unfolding events on:
- My book page on Facebook
- A page I coordinate with Guatemala activists: Ley Monsanto 2.0
- My Twitter account: @Liza_Grandia
- Or find me on Bluesky, once I get a hang of that: @LizaGrandia.bsky.social
Spanish speakers can follow the Guatemalan events via these Facebook pages
- REDSAG (National Network for the Defense of Food Sovereignty in Guatemala
- Bufete para Pueblos Mayas (Maya Peoples’ Law Firm)
- Cer Ixim
Discussion questions for book clubs, coming soon! Early readers, send me your ideas and questions you’d like to discuss with others at kernelsofresistance@yahoo.com
With more than 1,300 citations, my bibliography is also a great place to start learning more!
Related articles:
- 2022. "Poisonous Exports: The Controlling Processes of Pesticides in Petén, Guatemala." Latin American Perspectives 49(6): 124-52.
- 2019. “Toxic Tropics: Purity and Danger in Petén, Guatemala.” Journal of Ecological Anthropology 21(1): 1-6.
- 2017. “Sacred Maize Against a Legal Maze: The Diversity of Resistance to Guatemala’s ‘Monsanto Law.’” Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture. 11(1): 56-85.
- 2014. “Modified Landscapes: Vulnerabilities to Genetically Modified Corn in the Political Economy of Basic Grain Production in Northern Guatemala.” Journal of Peasant Studies, 41(1); 79-105.
- 2009. “Milpa Matters: Maya Communities of Toledo v. Government of Belize” in Waging War, Making Peace: Reparations and Human Rights, eds. Barbara Rose Johnston and Susan Slyomovics. Walnut Creek, Ca.: Left Coast Press. 153-182.