King corn

Just happend to see the independent film, King Corn, this evening. The film was interesting and well done. The documentary is about 2 guys who wonder where 1 acre of corn goes to. They actually rent and grow an acre of corn in Iowa. On the way they learn about the farm bill which encourages the over production of corn (they plant 31,000 corn seeds into their one acre plot!). It was interesting to see how corn has changed from a food to a raw material that is need to create other food and the fact that corn products are EVERYWHERE...The film is a good companion to Michael Pollan's Omnivore's Delimma, especially the section on the industrialization of corn. Like Michael Pollan's book, I will never look at a field of corn the same way...

A preview of King Corn