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0 pointspfdietz3y ago0 comments

The big backup is diverting certain animal feeds to instead feed people.

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Yup. There's a reason corn subsidies are what they are, for example, and it's not (just) politics.

rnk3y ago

It's my understanding the kind of corn they grow to make ethonol isn't the kind of corn people eat. https://nebraskacorn.gov/corn-101/corn-uses/ethanol/

Baeocystin3y ago

That is a common misconception. But! Field Corn is 100% edible by people. All varieties of corn are. We eat it as corn meal, corn syrup, corn flakes, etc.

It isn't quite a sweet as, well, sweet corn when boiled/roasted on the cob. But it's no problem at all as a food.

https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/corn/dent...

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Baeocystin3y ago

Yup. There's a reason corn subsidies are what they are, for example, and it's not (just) politics.

rnk3y ago

It's my understanding the kind of corn they grow to make ethonol isn't the kind of corn people eat. https://nebraskacorn.gov/corn-101/corn-uses/ethanol/

Baeocystin3y ago

That is a common misconception. But! Field Corn is 100% edible by people. All varieties of corn are. We eat it as corn meal, corn syrup, corn flakes, etc.

It isn't quite a sweet as, well, sweet corn when boiled/roasted on the cob. But it's no problem at all as a food.

https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/corn/dent...

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