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Polish farmers are protesting over a surge in grain shipments redirected through their market, months before national elections.

Day it is a ghost town. union square looks like a ghost town. >> apocalypse down there -- >> describe that for me. >> boarded up chains on doors no walk of life. thats the apocalypse. people sleeping on every doorway open air drug dealing open air drug markets. ive been assaulted three time just for being outside my building. 16 months ago i saw a guy kicking in a door and followed him to corner he pulled out switchblade around corn and ended up nearly cutting my left hand off with a five inch s...

At different altitudes and varying amounts of sunlight exposure. the darker heritage corns are often sweeter and more herbal than the yellow ones. so are these disappearing? because all we ever see in the supermarkets is yellow. - mm. mm-hmm. - mm-hmm. tannins, yeah. - ¿sí? - sí. this was me when i was little, yall. my dad would have me and my sisters peeling the corn. thered be worms inside sometimes. that was a fun surprise. and we would have to fill all of these baskets, and we would go se...

Before adding tomatoes and shredded chicken. mmm. - [laughs] - ¿sí? yeah! - uh-huh. [laughter] being maya tamales, theres only one way to cook them. - im starting to appreciate just how much cooking underground matters to the maya. it represents the cycle of life, death, and rebirth. - [speaking spanish] - [speaking mayan] - maybe its because i grew up on a ranch cooking from scratch with my family or because i have some mayan ancestry,

- an hours drive from oaxaca city lies the farming town of santa ana zegache, the unassuming epicenter of corn. mm-hmm. mm. amado ramírez leyva is my guide to this region, where corn has been worshipped for over 6,000 years and is still the beating heart of mexican cuisine. cut us, and we bleed yellow. [soft music] [dog barks, animal bleats] hola. soy eva. hola.

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Day it is a ghost town. union square looks like a ghost town. >> apocalypse down there -- >> describe that for me. >> boarded up chains on doors no walk of life. thats the apocalypse. people sleeping on every doorway open air drug dealing open air drug markets. ive been assaulted three time just for being outside my building. 16 months ago i saw a guy kicking in a door and followed him to corner he pulled out switchblade around corn and ended up nearly cutting my left hand off with a five inch s...

Day it is a ghost town. union square looks like a ghost town. >> apocalypse down there -- >> describe that for me. >> boarded up chains on doors no walk of life. thats the apocalypse. people sleeping on every doorway open air drug dealing open air drug markets. ive been assaulted three time just for being outside my building. 16 months ago i saw a guy kicking in a door and followed him to corner he pulled out switchblade around corn and ended up nearly cutting my left hand off with a five inch s...

In this bewitching place, culinary wonders are conjured. theres a lot of exciting chefs coming out of this region. and oaxaca is now a mecca for food lovers in the know. so good. the gastronomic wizards here... wow. can summon so many of mexicos most iconic ingredients. have you ever seen such a rainbow of corn? its the original string cheese. im eva longoria, born and bred in texas with mexican-american roots, which makes me a texican. im exploring mexico to see how the people, their lands, and...

>> he looks like he still is. i am embarrassed. i am not sure i am pronouncing it correctly. is it nutria? >> nutria. you are saying it right. >> they are rodents, but when you get close to them, they are incredibly cute. why is the state against them? >> they cause a lot of damage to the wetlands. >> they destroyed local canals, too. >> i did know that. but he is in your living room so it doesnt seem like hes a threat to the waterway in louisiana. what do you feed him? >> no, sweet potatoes, co...