How to Support Agave Producers Who Are Fighting for Land Rights
The agave spirits you pour on a Friday night did not arrive in your glass through abstract market forces. They came through land. Specific land, in specific states, worked by specific families who have cultivated agave across generations, sometimes centuries. And increasingly, that land is contested. Land disputes tied to agave production take several overlapping forms. In Oaxaca, Jalisco, Guerrero, Durango, and San Luis Potosi, small-scale producers and indigenous communities…
