Where, oh where, does commodity corn go?
- Feed for animals (about half of all commodity corn)
- High fructose corn syrup
- Corn protein
- Corn starch
Ian and Curt not only get an education about corn, but manage to pull together a film that educates the rest of us too. The only sad part is that, like many of us, they had to see that the mass production of commodity corn leads to economies that no longer support smaller farming operations. It also leads to cattle confinement feeding operations that result in a whole lot of sick cows and, eventually, unhealthy people. Pile on the high fructose corn syrup, and it's no wonder we're the first generation that might have shorter life spans than our parents due to our eating habits.
