A foamy drink and the future of food
Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 11:28
in Biology & Nature
Michael Pollan`s recent bestseller The Omnivore`s Dilemma revealed to millions of readers the centrality, and dangers, of commodity corn in the modern industrialized agriculture system as developed in the United States. The “modern varieties” of corn, which are low in diversity, are now taking over the very birthplace of the crop, Southern Mexico, where it is known as maize.
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