Secrets of Corn

The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan

An animal who eats plants and meat is called an omnivore. Humans are naturally omnivores and few by choice don't eat meat ,but that's another story. I read Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan and I learned about corn. Well that's only thing I was interested by.

There are 2 types of corn. Regular corn that you see on the cob and a type of corn called "number 2 field cThere are 2 types of corn. Regular corn that you see on the cob and a type of corn called "number 2 field corn". This type of corn is in almost everything. Literally. Number 2 field corn is in things like canned fruit from candles. This type of corn is found in fireworks and most soup mixes.

So let's go back in time. Back when all sorts of crops were planted on farms. There was more than 1 farmer on each farm. All the farmers had different jobs to do. Some cared for the horses while other make sure the squash wasn't stepped on. This changed drastically. On a normal American farm, you won't see tractors, squash or multiple people working on the fields. At most you would see cows and soybeans. But as far as the eye can see, corn is everywhere. It pushed out other crops, animals, machines and people.

Corn is changing things. There are no longer farms, there are factories. Even with all the corn farmers are barely getting by. If the spouse of the farmer has a job or if the family has a son or daughter or son that works, they're in luck. Most farmers only get by with the aid of government checks. They have to use things that boost they're corn growth. Things like nitrogen fertilizer and hybrid corn. This stuff isn't good for consumers but it helps farmers out a little. Little fact, nitrogen is in bombs and war weapons and the government has a lot of this left over. The government supplies farms with nitrogen and the farmers put it in the fertilizer. Nitrogen fertilizer helps produce more corn buy it also creates more pollution.

Basically the world isn't the way it used to be. But things change, people change. Farms and farmers alike need money so they get it anyway they can. Corn will continue to push people and crops out of farmers only for one simple reason. Corn is king