Rooting in a Useless Land: Ancient Farmers, Celebrity Chefs, and Environmental Justice in Yucatan

In Rooting in a Useless Land, Chelsea Fisher examines the deep histories of environmental—justice conflicts in Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula. She draws on her innovative archaeological research in Yaxunah, an Indigenous Maya farming community dealing with land dispossession, but with a surprising twist: Yaxunah happens to be entangled with prestigious sustainable—development projects initiated by some of the most famous chefs in the world. Fisher contends that these sustainable—development ini...