This is wrong on so many levels …
Anne Wilson points to this NY Times op-ed on the place of King Corn in American life.
So. We are overproducing corn. We are using it to create soft drinks, junk food, and heart-destroying fatty beef. Oh, and helping to breed superbugs too. All while tying our agriculture to Middle Eastern oil. Could we be any more stupid?
Nancy’s reaction (after the initial horror) was to want to know “who did this to us”? This is a very good thought (not that I’m enough of a journalist to dig out the answers myself), but it seems important to remember that this situation is not an accident.
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