They finally found a source of open -
pollinated heirloom corn from a remote area of Mexico that tested clean, and can be traced back to the farmer.
For the past few years, Tropical Traditions offered an open - pollinated
organic heirloom corn and corn meal to its customers, grown by small - scale family farmers in Wisconsin.
Gran Eléctrica's emphasis on keeping our menu rooted in authentic Mexican cooking and techniques is expressed through items like fresh hand - pressed tortillas crafted
with heirloom corn, house - made crema and queso fresco, as well as spicy chorizo made on site.
Fish and lobster, caught nearby, are served in the Garden Restaurant; and the hotel has even begun to
grow heirloom corn for their tortillas.
Healthy Traditions announced earlier this year that they had added
Mexican heirloom corn products to their line of GMO - tested and Glyphosate - tested products.
We have been successful in some years growing clean corn with our farmers in Wisconsin, but often subsequent harvest years turned up positive results of GMOs in our testing, forcing us to find new sources of open
pollinated heirloom corn.
Our organic
heirloom corn is grown on bio-diverse farms that include other crops, along with farm animals that graze the fields, or pastured chickens that provide oursoy - free eggs.
I live in the heart of Mexico City:) Here, in the markets, Indian women make your tortilla to the order, if your are lucky the masa (dough) will be made of
a heirloom corn variety, blue or even purple.
We have been successful in some years growing clean corn with our farmers in Wisconsin, but often subsequent harvest years turned up positive results of GMOs in our testing, forcing us to find new sources of open pollinated
heirloom corn.
Heirloom corn and sorghum molasses provide a window to our past in the hands of a small family farmer.