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Throughout Mexico, agave plants are used to make distillates like tequila, mezcal and bacanora, a similar liquor made in the state of Sonora. But much of the plant goes to waste when agave leaves are stripped and distilled. Kendal Blust reports from Matape, Sonora, on a group that is making new products from the fiber from agave leaves to reduce waste and bring new income to
A small machine roars as it strips agave leaves, separating the long, thick fibers from the green flesh.It’s part of a pilot project aimed at reducing waste in Sonora’s budding bacanora industry by using its byproducts.
When you think of Sonoran food, what comes to mind? Maybe tender flour tortillas, fresh seafood, Sonoran hot dogs — almost certainly grilled beef, or carne asada. But a growing number of people in the Mexican state of Sonora are ditching animal products and opening restaurants centered on plant-based foods, in all their forms. From the Fronteras Desk in the Sonoran capital
Last month, 31-year-old UC, Berkeley Ph.D. student Gabriel Trujillo was killed in rural Sonora while carrying out field research on a common flowering shrub called buttonbush. His murder is a reminder of the dangers researchers sometimes take to understand and conserve plants and animals in this region and around the world.
On Monday, survivors of a day care fire, families of the children who died and members of the community came together in Hermosillo to mark the 14th anniversary of the tragedy. They held vigils, Mass and a march to demand justice."Monserrat Granados Perez.""She shouldn't have died."