i have a minor obsession with corn. or at least that's all i will admit.
it's just that it makes the world go 'round. we put it in our cars as gasoline (ethanol); over-processed foods like soda are practically entirely made of it (high fructose corn syrup); other seemingly-not-so-processed foods like yogurt and whole wheat bread are sweetened with it (also high fructose corn syrup); it's fed to the cows so that they will get fat faster (corn meal and corn starches); the federal government subsidizes the corn growers, making it one of the most commonly farmed items here in america.
the students in my government know more about the corn industry than most 17-year-olds. for christmas, one of them sewed me a bag to look like a piece of candy corn. it's excellent.
if my camera wasn't angry at me, i'd take a picture. maybe i'll attempt it on blake's mac later.
p.s. there's also a new film about corn, if you care: king corn.
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"King Corn"? i'm totally interested, actually. didja read The Omnivore's Dilemma yet? all that corn - it's really somethin'. i hate how it blows the cows' livers out, when they make them eat corn instead of grass.
of course i read it, silly. michael pollan just confirms everything i complain about... although i especially think about the part where he breaks down the entire mcdonald's meal into smaller parts of corn. ergh.
as far as the cow livers go, it seems as though the cows (for beef, not dairy) are fed the corn product do that they get fat fast and can be slaughtered sooner. it's a sad life.
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