Are you ready for an EARful about corn!? Why is corn in everything? We will discuss the unexpected places corn may be popping up in the food on your plate. How much of America's corn is actually feeding people, and how much is feeding livestock? Don't forget the big biofuel debate--is it better for the environment, worse, or neutral? And what about these government subsidies?? We cover it all!

Also mentioned: The Omnivore's Dilemma

Curiosity Corner Topics: yoga (yin and face), frownies, Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt, Espresso, whole house water filters

Articles:

How corn ethanol for biofuel fed climate change

How the US became a global corn superpower

Corn & other feed grains

US corn use by market year

EPA: Biofuels & the environment

Interactions between US biofuels policy & the endangered species act

Corn: it's everything

Corn free diet

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S2 Ep 3: : Why so CORNy?: corn as food, fuel, and feed