Coffee, Corn and the Cost of Globalization

Because of globalization, people in North America can eat tropical fruit in winter and buy clothing made in Asia. Around the world, people exchange goods, information and technology at a faster rate than ever before But not everyone benefits from having the world with reach. Learn about some of the effects of economic globalization through the stories of two communities in Mexico. In Tilapa, families who depend on income from coffee now face a devastation drop in world coffee prices. In Zacongo, changes to age-old corn-farming practices, and less expensive imported, have cut deeply into popel's ability to support themselves. Explore how we have a responsibility to our global neighbors whose lives have been profoundly affected by this race to accumulate wealth and economic connectedness. A Mennonite Central Committee production, 2004