by Heritage Radio Network
Agave Road Trip provides gringo bartenders with firsthand knowledge about heritage agave spirits from Mexico, including mezcal, raicilla, bacanora, and destilado de agave.
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April 17, 2025
Mexico has been purchasing about $3 billion of corn annually from farmers in the USA, the vast majority of that corn having been grown from genetically modified seeds. The Mexican government announced in 2020 that it would, in 2025, ban that GMO corn from the country, which was found to be in violation of the USMCA agreement of 2018. So now, the Mexican government has amended their constitution to identify native corn as an "element of national identity," which will ban GMO corn from being planted in the country – and "[a]ny other use of genetically modified corn must be evaluated ... to be free of threats to the biosecurity, health and biocultural heritage of Mexico and its population." What exactly does this all mean, for farmers in Mexico, for the environment in the Americas, and for the price of tacos? We try to suss it all out in this episode of Agave Road trip! Agave Road Trip is a critically acclaimed, award-winning podcast that helps gringx bartenders better understand agave, agave spirits, and rural Mexico. This episode is hosted by Lou Bank with special guest Dave Dyrek, retired farmer of Leaning Shed Farm, with quotes from Dr. Hector Ortiz of the Chicago Botanic Gardens and Chef Gustavo Romero of Oro by Nixta.
April 10, 2025
Back in October 2023, I recorded an episode with Khrys Maxwell titled “The CRT loses their Tequila monopoly.” This was based on a court decision, and I said in that episode that we were just a few weeks away from a second body being allowed to certify Tequila. Well, some 18 months later, and we’re now here. So … what does this mean? Agave Road Trip is a critically acclaimed, award-winning podcast that helps gringx bartenders better understand agave, agave spirits, and rural Mexico. This episode is hosted by Lou Bank with special guest Linda Sullivan of seynasecreto.
April 3, 2025
For hundreds of years, Madagascar has been growing sisal … agave sisalana. The leaves — pencas — are chopped off and processed into fiber for use in textiles. And the heart of the plant is left to rot in the fields. And then, one day, a Peace Corps volunteer thought, Isn’t that the stuff they use to make Tequila? Yeah, you and I both know the problem with that thought — but you can get caught up in the rhetoric or you can get excited about this unique solution in a country plagued by drought and poverty. We’re leaning excited in this episode of Agave Road Trip! Agave Road Trip is a critically acclaimed, award-winning podcast that helps gringx bartenders better understand agave, agave spirits, and rural Mexico. This episode is hosted by Lou Bank with special guest Riker Vermilye of MadAgave!
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