Producers of Tomatoes in Zacatecas, Between the Sun of the Semi-Desert and the Shadow of New Tariffs

Fresnillo, Mexico. With the sun just looking out behind the reddish hills of Zacatecas, Mexico, Felipe Ruiz gets up early every day to head to the greenhouses of the Rancho El Alamo, in Fresnillo, where thousands of tomato plants await him, treated with almost surgical precision in a dry heat environment, firm wind and fertile soil. However, while the tomato blooms in the greenhouses of that semi-desert region, Felipe and other Zacatecan produce…