King Corn

[PrimeTargetSecurity]

subsidizing is hush money. growers, animal farms, etc...

[gwk78]

that farmer is an idiot

[TeamLibertyExpress]

Stop scarfing so much damn pop.

[Hunter9281]

i dunno why you guys are hating on corn.. i eat that shit for breakfest lunch and dinner.

[jeangrey65]

Hell, what pisses me off is that subsidized farms that manufacter corn is providing Mexico with most of it's corn supply, simply because it's cost 6 pesos to grow it there but only 4 do buy it from the United States! Now that includes shipping! WTF? Your hard earned tax dollars at work GIVING corn to Mexico instead of creating a much needed alternate fuel such as Ethanol

[kfordudflight]

Grain based ethanol is not much needed or the fuel of the future. Cellulose based ethanol made from plant stalks is a much better option, and petroleum fuels are only temporary anyway.

[WeRefuseCom]

@jeangrey65 - We're not "giving corn to Mexico", it's just as cheap for us too. What we're doing to Mexico is stealing their jobs! When we make corn cheaper than they can the small Mexican farmer goes out of business.. and then they come to the U.S. for work!

[jeangrey65]

@WeRefuseCom The fact is, is that our land is better for corn growth. It's very hard and expensive to get the water and pesticides to Mexican corn. There was a documentary about it on Hulu.

[WeRefuseCom]

@jeangrey65 What are you talking about? Corn is one of Mexico's greatest crops! (or was). And if we're so good at growing corn why does the government have to subsidize corn farmers with billions of dollars so they can stay competitive? If we're so good at it we shouldn't need any government help at all. The market should take care of it.

[jeangrey65]

@WeRefuseCom Was.......key word, now the Mexicans are harvesting here for less then nothing driving down the cost! Thank you Mexico!

[ItOffishul]

type in washington post HCFS mercury and you'll see that 1/3 of all products sample in fall 08 with HCFS CONTAINED MERCURY ON THE MOST POISONOUS SUBSTANCES ON EARTH! THE LIARS SAID THIS DIDNT HAPPEN ANYMORE HOW DO WE TRUST THEM????

[MadJax006]

Taking Mass in church yesterday morning, I new immediatley that the grape juice was high HFCS as one sip and my skin started to crawl.

Corn products in everything is toxic.

[MadJax006]

If food allergies are like addictive toxic response mechanisms (like why we will drive 20 miles to get our cigs and coffee each morning), by letting our bodies cleans and detox in between rations of the same stuff, we can forgo developing allergic response allergies and their cravings.

Look at what aspertame does to addicts, KEEPS THEM BLOATED AND FAT.

[MadJax006]

I am allergic to corn. What is interesting to me is an old Indian (Ghandi) discipline that calls for categorizing all foods into three groups and rotating through these groups: today all you want of anything in Group I, tomorrow Group II, day after Group III, then Group I again on the forth day.

[greendemon07]

I agree with wonderwhoman. It is not the corn that is killing us, it is the people that dont know how to eat it in the right quanities. If you eat fast food all the time, I bet you get fat, but eat that same fast food in a resonable amount and not for every meal you wont become fat. Go to the schools in rural america where there is not a fast food place on every corner and the number of children facing obiesity drops because the arent eating all that fast food. ITS NOT THE CORN MAKING YOU FAT!

[opsin]

Yes, and the fast food makes you fat because it's full of high fructose corn syrup... You can't blame corn, yes, it's a sodding crop, but you can stop putting it in everything!

Or indeed, you can stop eating too much of the crap it's in.

[RageMojo]

actually yes it is, it is absolutely part of the equation. it is also lacking nutrition. the value in minerals and vitamins is pathetic.

[N6MAA120355]

Thanks, Ian and Curt. Thank you, Sunday Morning. Knowledge is power.

[Prometheusjr14]

Growing up in Iowa, believe me, I am all for helping farmers. Most Iowans live very humbly and don't ask for much in return. But, if you read "Omnivore's Dilemma" you see that we used to have a much more logical (and better paying) system for farmers. We need to change our farming policy, but that won't happen without a huge crisis or a massive campaign from the people. Education is just the first step. So wonderwhoman, realize that we can be against the system and still for the farmers.

[jdfrmboy]

i am corn fed

[joseph2ne]

We all are...whether we know it or not.

[dogdude1958]

Great, Something else to look for on labels! But leave it to America to develop another styrofoam type filler food for us to eat, while in East India Rice and Greens keep people healthy and appropriate weight!

[wonderwhoman]

This is bullshit. We are not fat or unhealthy because of corn. We are fat and unhealthy because people don't know when to quit eating. "Corn domination"..? wow you city slickers, get a fricking life. They seem so against the farmers making any money. Does anyone realize that farmers have given their whole life not making hardly any money. Cook lady, you disgust me, you insignificant waste of government social security.