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Corn
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Farm Subsidy Database 
 This database tracks subsidy payments to farmers in the United States. Track analysis of subsidies for major commodity crops such as corn, wheat, cotton, rice and soybean, as well as conservation payments and disaster assistance. Search by county, city, state, zip code, congressional district, and recipient's personal and business names. Browse by many access points, including top recipients, "unlikely recipients," and farm subsidies in major U.S. cities. From the Environmental Working Group. http://farm.ewg.org/farm/ Topics: Agriculture, Beans, Grains, Nuts, & Seeds, Crops Last updated Jul 11, 2007 Journalism Professor Michael Pollan's New Book on the U.S. Food Chain Provides Few Soundbites -- But Much to Chew On
This April 2006 press release describes Michael Pollan's book "The Omnivore's Dilemma," in which "he takes readers to the feedlot, to the farm, and into the woods in search of the origins of our dinner." His book notes "that the bulk of the American diet comes from one plant: corn." Includes links to book excerpts, an interview with the author, and related material. From the University of California, Berkeley. http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2006/04/11_pollan.shtml Topics: Crops, Food & Cooking, Nutrition & Food Safety Last updated May 9, 2006 King Corn
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. http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/kingcorn/ Topics: Crops, Fruits & Vegetables Last updated Jul 8, 2008 KingCorn.org: The Corn Growers' Guidebook
This site aims to "offer a Web-based encyclopedia of knowledge about the production, marketing and usage of corn in North America" by providing links to "major agricultural universities, governmental agencies, corn grower organizations and agricultural industries across Canada and the United States." It also provides links to corn in popular culture such as "art, poetry, songs, legends, recipes, and tourist attractions." From the Purdue University Department of Agronomy. http://www.agry.purdue.edu/ext/corn/ Topics: Agriculture, Beans, Grains, Nuts, & Seeds, Business, Crops, Fruits & Vegetables, Poetry Last updated May 18, 2006 Organic Sweet Corn Production
This collection of guidelines for organic production of sweet corn discusses strategies for weed control (especially cover crops), corn varieties that have some resistance to insects such as the corn earworm, post-harvest handling of this highly perishable crop, and marketing and economics. Includes references and related links. From the National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service. http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/sweetcorn.html Topics: Agriculture, Beans, Grains, Nuts, & Seeds, Crops, Fruits & Vegetables Last updated May 21, 2008 Tortillanomics: Food or Fuel? The Competition for Mexico's Corn
Companion website for this PBS Frontline documentary that discovers that "the increasing demand for corn-based biofuel in the United States is driving up the cost of Mexico's staple food, the tortilla." Features slideshows on protest and politics, the fight between biofuel producers and tortilla consumers for the corn harvest, and effects on farmers and the urban poor in Mexico. Includes related links on biofuels and rising food prices. http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/fellows/mexico_2008/ Topics: Agriculture, Automobiles, Beans, Grains, Nuts, & Seeds, Crops Last updated Apr 28, 2008 Watch Your Garden Grow: Corn
Information about growing corn in the home garden, including discussion of planting, care, harvesting, pests and diseases, storage, and cooking and preservation. Includes descriptions of yellow, white, and bicolor corn varieties. Also available in Spanish. From the University of Illinois Extension. http://urbanext.illinois.edu/veggies/corn1.html Topics: Beans, Grains, Nuts, & Seeds, Crops, Fruits & Vegetables, Gardening Last updated Sep 14, 2009 |
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