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King Corn
URL: http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/kingcorn/

Description:
Website companion to this Independent Lens documentary in which "recent college graduates ... leave the east coast for rural Iowa, where they decide to grow an acre of the nation's most powerful crop," corn. Features essays about the history of corn as a crop, high-fructose corn syrup and the corn sweetener industry, and corn-fed livestock. Also includes an eating challenge (go a week without eating corn), corn fun and facts, and behind-the-scenes material.

LII Topics: Corn, Corn, Crops, Fruits & Vegetables

Publisher:
Independent Television Service (ITVS)

Extra Keywords
Public Broadcasting Service PBS Fram Bill subsidies

LII Database Information:
Record 26458 created by Jennifer English on 07/03/2008
Last modification on 07/08/2008
Published: 07/17/2008  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/26458

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