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hturner

Oct 8, 2003, 3:58 PM

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I would like to ask your advice. I am a 24 year old biligual American. I'd like to make a move to Mexico. My fiance is from D.F., but we would like to settle on the Gulf side. He is a civil engineer and I am in agricultural finance. Maybe you can help me get started.

pat

Oct 8, 2003, 5:44 PM

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Re: [hturner] Hi! New Here!

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Welcome to the group. For starters, you might want to go to the home page (link at the top of this page) and read the articles by Amy Kirkcaldy. She is a young American who has married a young Mexican man and moved to Mexico. She chronicles here experiences in a series of articles. Quite interesting. You might also want to scan the threads in the forums here. Almost every topic you can imagine has been covered. If you have specific questions, there are several experts who hang out here who will be happy to help you.

Again, welcome, and jump right in.

Pat

hturner

Oct 8, 2003, 6:52 PM

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Thank you so much! I'm so glad to know I'm not the only one!

TomG

Oct 8, 2003, 8:29 PM

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I met two state employed university trained agricultural professionals in Papantla, Veracruz. They were trying to unify the vanilla farmers, teach ways of guarding the vanilla farming techniques and ways to develope a better and maybe branded world market. They were very quality focused. We talked about what a strong need there is to be doing something similar for the gulf coffee growers.

The need is enormous. It would be a work of love; but you would meet some wonder people, among them many musicians. If you like music and magic you will have a great time. If you can get those farmers get more than 5 cents a pound for their coffee you will be invited for tamalitos everywhere you turn.

Solve the grassroots farm market problem in Mexico while preserving the farmer and you ought to be nominated for the Nobel Prize in Economics. If you are young and have got dreams, make sure you pursue them. Who would want to face their grandkids and tell them they didn't have any dreams when they were young......that they were old when they were young.

hturner

Oct 9, 2003, 1:13 PM

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You bring up an excellent point. My father and I still farm right now, but we know that the end is near for the individual farmer here in the US. I belive, however, that Mexico still may have hope. Thanks for the idea!

Carron

Oct 9, 2003, 1:27 PM

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Tread carefully here. Mexico does not encourage foreigners to criticize, complain about, or fight for changes in the status quo. Participating in any overt political campaigns can and may result in your being deported back to the country you came from. Even if your esposo is mexicano. Check this carefully before you commit yourself. While in many ways Mexican citizens enjoy greater freedom of expression than we have in the US, such freedoms definitely do not extend to foreigners within its borders.