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This project aims to historically contextualize the bi-lateral campaign to eradicate foot and mouth disease to explain why rural communities in the western coastal region of Mexico resist the proliferation of their products. By studying how communities developed mistrust and skepticism in both federal and local government intervention in agricultural practices and examining the fiao (buying on credit) economic system in locales in Guerrero, this project documents oral testimonies to argue that rural cheesemakers resist globalization and industrialization to protect their socio-cultural practices.