Despite wasting much of it on ethanol production, look through your cupboards...read the ingredients. I was actually surprised to learn that considerably more corn goes to food than I ever imagined. Much of it feeds livestock too.
Soybeans are the other crops dying in the fields in this area too...they're just slightly more drought resistant.
Nothing in my cupboard has corn on the label. I'm allergic to corn and my food options are very limited. It means I don't eat processed foods. But sometimes I want a fucking potato chip! And they also use it as a non caking agent for many medications. I have even seen it on toothpaste labels. And soy is just as bad.
And for cattle not being meant to eat corn...it sure does well for them. It's in dog food too...and dogs are almost strictly carnivorous. I've had more than a few dogs live 15+ years on corn based dog food. It's not a native food to humans either for that matter...but the biggest mistake Native Americans made was showing European settlers how to grow it. It kept them from starving. I's about as complete of a nutrition source as one can get.
I've now devolved into a spokesman for corn. My God hahahaha
Is it normal that the Midwest is turning into a desert?
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Despite wasting much of it on ethanol production, look through your cupboards...read the ingredients. I was actually surprised to learn that considerably more corn goes to food than I ever imagined. Much of it feeds livestock too.
Soybeans are the other crops dying in the fields in this area too...they're just slightly more drought resistant.
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Nothing in my cupboard has corn on the label. I'm allergic to corn and my food options are very limited. It means I don't eat processed foods. But sometimes I want a fucking potato chip! And they also use it as a non caking agent for many medications. I have even seen it on toothpaste labels. And soy is just as bad.
Also, cows aren't meant to eat corn.
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That would suck.
And for cattle not being meant to eat corn...it sure does well for them. It's in dog food too...and dogs are almost strictly carnivorous. I've had more than a few dogs live 15+ years on corn based dog food. It's not a native food to humans either for that matter...but the biggest mistake Native Americans made was showing European settlers how to grow it. It kept them from starving. I's about as complete of a nutrition source as one can get.
I've now devolved into a spokesman for corn. My God hahahaha