Corn Row | Widely grown Cultivated forms Annual cereal grass |
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assing through the nation's "breadbasket," here most of the meat and grain is produced. Featuring a high protein and carbohydrate content, corn has been cultivated for thousands of years. Bending the landscape to the will of the people, modern large-scale monoculture technology grows one single crop over a wide area. Since 1995, governmental policies have favored corn production to the tune of $73.8 billion in subsidies. As a result, high-fructose corn syrup is now pervasive in the highly processed American food supply.
“Health food makes me sick!” - Calvin Trillin
