https://padlet.com/dyerhaley1215/h6f90gb87lae Made with eyes on the prize en-us 2018-08-07 15:17:11 UTC 2025-04-09 17:26:35 UTC hello@padlet.com dyerhaley1215 https://padlet.com/dyerhaley1215/h6f90gb87lae/wish/272223632 This statement made by Ian at the beginning of the movie is what started their journey in growing their own acre of corn. After speaking to a professor that tested the molecules in their hair it was found that the majority of the carbon in their bodies was coming from corn and that the foods we eat bioaccumulate and can later be found in our genes. In an article for Comprehensive Food Science and Food Safety Reviews it is reported that corn is the leading cereal crop around the world and the effects of it in our bodies can cause potential health problems in colon health and mineral absorption (Ai, 2016).  ]]> 2018-08-07 16:21:55 UTC https://padlet.com/dyerhaley1215/h6f90gb87lae/wish/272223632 dyerhaley1215 https://padlet.com/dyerhaley1215/h6f90gb87lae/wish/272225873 This was a quote from the same professor that tested the samples of Ian and Curt’s hair. As the two were walking through the super market and looking at labels on food packages they were finding that corn or a byproduct of corn, such as high fructose corn syrup, was in almost everything they picked up. The Washington Post reports that the United States is the largest producer and consumer of corn by far and is in everything from the meat we eat to the sodas we drink. The list of foods that contain some kind of corn product is so long that it would be easier to list foods that don’t contain any trace amounts of corn (Ferdman, 2015).  ]]> 2018-08-07 16:40:15 UTC https://padlet.com/dyerhaley1215/h6f90gb87lae/wish/272225873 dyerhaley1215 https://padlet.com/dyerhaley1215/h6f90gb87lae/wish/272227222 Once corn made its way to Iowa it had a new home. The crop grows so well there because of the winter climate and humid summers. Through years of gene selecting by farmers the most commonly grown corn in the United States is Yellow Dent. This yellow dent corn is the most popular variety of the crop and many hybrids are derived using it as a base. Yellow dent is so popular because it has a high starch and vitamin A content making it perfect for different use (Heartland Science, 2015). ]]> 2018-08-07 16:50:05 UTC https://padlet.com/dyerhaley1215/h6f90gb87lae/wish/272227222 dyerhaley1215 https://padlet.com/dyerhaley1215/h6f90gb87lae/wish/272230515 This quote shows how dependent farmers in America has become on farm subsidies from the government. Ian and Curt wanted to grow just one acre of corn on a farm in Iowa and when going to set up their operation they were told that if they did not take help from the government they would most definitely lose money. The Economist reports that United State farm subsidies originally began by taking land out of production so that supply would be more equal to demand. This worked well for farmers for a long time but in the 70s it was decided that farmers would grow as much as they could, and the government would provide help to keep prices high so that farmers could make a living (Coburn, 2015).  ]]> 2018-08-07 17:14:55 UTC https://padlet.com/dyerhaley1215/h6f90gb87lae/wish/272230515 dyerhaley1215 https://padlet.com/dyerhaley1215/h6f90gb87lae/wish/272234515 In this quote Ian and Curt were talking to some people around the small farm town of Greene, Iowa. In this portion they learned that one man and his family owned the majority of the farms in the area but it was others who worked on the farm and then got a small portion of the money. In 2013 the Department of Agriculture reported that smaller farms are consolidating with larger productions to better protect themselves from the swings of the market prices. It was found that large farms only represented 5.6% of all farms but control 53.7% of crop land (Koerth-Baker, 2016).  ]]> 2018-08-07 17:45:02 UTC https://padlet.com/dyerhaley1215/h6f90gb87lae/wish/272234515 dyerhaley1215 https://padlet.com/dyerhaley1215/h6f90gb87lae/wish/272234589 2018-08-07 17:45:34 UTC https://padlet.com/dyerhaley1215/h6f90gb87lae/wish/272234589