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What's wrong with corn ethanol?
We grow a lot of corn in the United States, much of which never sees the inside of a human stomach. In fact, in 2010, something like a quarter of all the corn grown in this country went to ethanol...
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Glass gem corn
This lovely ear of glass gem corn is featured at Seeds Trust. They will begin selling seeds for it in August. The story of glass gem corn. Seedsman Greg Schoen got the seed from Carl Barnes, a...
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Of GM corn and rat tumors: Why peer reviewed doesn't mean "accurate"
UPDATE: After you read this story, make sure you check out the follow up piece. Editors at Embargo Watch have found evidence that The Sustainable Food Trust manipulated the media to prevent public...
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Authors of study linking GM corn with rat tumors manipulated media to prevent...
Earlier today, I posted on the recent paper that claims to have found a link between eating genetically modified corn and the growth of tumors in rats. Short version: The research sucked. It's a...
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Is increased biofuel demand in the US causing more poor in Central America to...
Richard Perry/The New York Times A worthy and overlooked story in the NYT by Elizabeth Rosenthal about a new economic riptide hitting Central America, a result of America's changing corn policy. The US...
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Do GMOs yield more food? The answer is in the semantics
Today, on Twitter, I learned something new and interesting from environmental reporter Paul Voosen. Over the years, I've run into reports (like this one from the Union of Concerned Scientists) showing...
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WATCH: This here's corn maze cuttin' season!
If'n y'all got raised in the heartland, y'all know this here's corn maze cuttin' season! The good folks down to Dull's got one-a them newfangled drones to get all the goings on. (more…)
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Watch the (very weird) first USSR television commercial
This surreal advertisement for corn from 1964 is reportedly the USSR's first TV commercial. Over at r/ObscureMedia, amer_amer kindly offers this translation: If you would like to be healthy, fed for a...
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Learn to make corn and eels just like mom's great-grandma's grandma made
If you've had a hankering for 18th-century eel succotash, you'll love the early American cooking and crafts on the James Townsend & Son channel. Aside from the recording gear, they commit...
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Playing Korn with corn
This is really corny (Korny?). UK YouTuber Davie504 was challenged to play Korn with corn. Using popcorn as a guitar pick and corn on the cob on the bass and drums, he plays a memorable Korn medley....
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World's greatest corncob stripper
If you are looking for a way to quickly remove corn from corn cobs, grab yourself an old office chair and a drill and go to work. [via Core77]
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Watch The Ridiculous New Trailer For Steven Kang's SHARKS OF THE CORN
In case Sharknado somehow wasn't enough for you, Steven Kang's Sharks of the Corn takes carnivorous fish out of the ocean and into a…cornfield? Sure. Here's the synopsis: Strange things are happening...
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New England heirloom corn grown on its native land for the first time in 300...
WCAI Massachusetts has an inspiring story about a Mashpee-Wampanoag woman who was given a rare opportunity to grow a traditional corn strain on its native land again, after Puritan colonists had tried...
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This kid is having a corntastic day!
Check out this young person waxing philosophical about all the reasons corn is absolutely the best. I gotta say, I totally agree! Just yesterday I got some delicious elote from a local restaurant and...
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Corn Boy action figure
Corn Boy is the gift that keeps on giving. I previously published a post on Boing Boing featuring this amazing young gentleman who absolutely adores corn. Well, the good folks over at Sir Collect-a-Lot...
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All I want to do is watch Rico the porcupine eat corn
There is nothing more adorable than Rico the baby porcupine eating corn. The way he holds the corn cob in his tiny paws is too cute for words. I hope he gets to eat as much corn as his little heart...
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A corn cob with an odd number of rows is rarer than a four-leaf clover
Today I learned that a corn cob with an odd number of rows is more unusual than a four leaf clover. There have even been instances where corn with an odd number of rows has been reported in the news...
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Little Caesar's introduces new Corncob Crust Pizza with 2L of liquefied butter
As a wise man once side: "Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could, they never stopped to think if they should." Introducing Corncob Crust from Little Caesars! You're Welcome,...
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