The Omnivores Dilemma By Michael Pollan
Chapter 3:
Corn in the United States is mass-produced to the point that we have to find ways to use every part of it; farmers use more energy growing food than we do when we use it. A lot of times so much corn is grown that they’re idled and wait to be used or wasted, in countries such as Mexico is seen as sacred, and wasting corn is seen as almost sinful. Not all corn is grown equally, when corn is produced they’re put in category or “types” where if they’re left on fields for weeks they’re processed and “cleaned” to be consumed or used for other things.
Questions/ Responses
Is it normal to grow so much food and let them almost rot, when there are millions and billions of people who can consume it?
Can corn being valued in Mexico, and respected to the point when dropping on the ground is disrespectful be considered as sacred, and what does that mean about countries that don’t see corn the way Mexicans would?
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