...there looking all “sweet”, but I know deep down, you’re just about ready to POP! You know how I know? Because...you’re… corn. “What?” you say, “I’m not corn, I’m a person!” ah-ah-ah, you see, I am a firm believer that you are what you eat; and I’m fairly convinced that you, myself, and everyone else in America, eats corn. <Beat>+<Beat in between sentences> About three years ago I was watching an episode of the Colbert Report in which he pointed out our nation’s insane dependence on corn. It made me realize just how unaware of corn we actually are. A good analogy our situation with corn, is that of the Bourne Series, where a man wakes to find he does not remember anything of his past, and must fight through a corrupted government to find the Truth. Like Mr. Bourne, we have forgotten just what corn means to us, and the hold it has over us. But by examining how our society became rooted in corn, and why our society will never be able to shuck its corn dependence, you can skip the violence and go straight for the understanding. I’ll begin with explaining corn itself, or, The Corn Identity The history of corn is summarized nicely by, surprise surprise, Mike Gibson of Iowa State University: Corn, known as Maize in all but a handful English-speaking countries, is a grain originally domesticated by peoples in Mesoamerica around 2,500 B.C. Corn was the major crop for the Aztecs, Mayas, Incas and various Pueblo dwellers of the southwestern United States. Next, it...
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...CORE 110 E Short Writing #6 The short story The Corn Mother by the Penobscot tribe is about the origination of corn and tobacco. What this story tells us about the Penobscot peoplle’s tribe is that they were not always an agricultural or farming tribe. In the beginning, Kloskurbeh created taught humans how to live and he taught them how to hunt animals. After teaching the humans how to survive, he retreated to the north until he was needed. Eventually, the humans had killed too many animals so there was starvation. Corn Mother who is the mother of all humans pitied her children and cried for them. She eventually asks her husband to kill her and tells her sons to drag her body all over the earth until her flesh peels off. After this was done, they were to bury her ones in the middle of her flesh and come back after seven moons. When they returned there was corn and tobacco. I feel that this sacrifice was the end of violence in the Penobscot tribe. This is because they didn’t have to hunt and kill animals anymore. This story also shows us how close the Penobscot were to the divine. They could go to the divine anytime that they wanted because the divine were basically their parents. The closeness is also not only on the side of the humans. The divine also care about the humans given the fact that Corn Mother sacrificed her life for theirs. The Penobscot have a great respect for the natural world. This is because of Corn Mother’s sacrifice. I believe that they have great respect...
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...CORN CLEANING MACHINE works like this: The materials go into the sieve for big impurities from work bin which is baffled to uniformly scatter the materials on the sieve.The sieve vibrates to separate the big impurities from the materials .The big impurities are discharged from the outlet. Corns,mediate and small impurities fall onto another sieve through holes. The small and flat corn vibrates with rubber ball to fall onto bottom plate through the holes and goes out from outlet.The other materials are graded according to their different gravities from the air suction system.The grains mixed with stones fall on the destoning sieve along the first,second and third grading devices.The destoning sieve seriously searches out stones and some impurities heavier than the corns and discharges them outside.The lighter impurities are discharged through air suction tunnel due to the reverse wind generated by destoning adjustment plate.The destoned materials flow to the end of sieve and go to the corn peeling machine. First, the enterprises should be familiar with corn cleaning machine power consumption. A workshop should be divided into several workshop departments or sub-processes. The electric quantity which these sub-processes demand can be decided accurately by the integer power measurement methods. Second, during corn cleaning machine energy consumption, power consumption is also a cooperation method for indicating production operation. Therefore, in corn cleaning machine operation...
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...diet, calmly but can not be ignored. Corn Oil, Green natural,ragrance is not greasy, cool in the summer with your summer. Unlike conventional oil, derived from corn germ corn oil has a different kind of flavor. Bright color, fragrance, taste light, in the summer, fresh and natural quality assigned to each dish unique fragrance, to awaken people dies of stomach. Domestic natural green maize season to absorb adequate nutrition after Sunny and the earth, has reached the highest point of critical nutrients. To maximize the purification of corn extract. Accurate, high-end extraction process. Low-temperature physics squeezing, eight moderate refining, refining retained not only the taste of fresh corn, more full of rich native nutrition. Round after round of refining the production process control, pure and translucent, high-quality corn oil began to flow from the refining equipment, this is the birth of corn oil. Of course, this is not the life course of all corn oil. To ensure product quality, from the head to ensure product quality, to plantations, site acceptance of raw materials, to control every step, every barrel of corn oil to go through before they turn after passing the test sequence for a direct impact on product safety the key step is the focus of health quality control, strengthening the records, increase the inspection frequency. The heat of summer, a time more eager to clean, tranquil life, elegant meals, corn oil, corn concise essence, continuing fascination...
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...King Corn Corn is a plant that can grow in various types of climates, making it the top crop grown in the world. However, a certain type of climate is optimal for most efficient production of corn. Corn needs a temperate weather and good soil. These conditions, as well as the use of hybrid seeds, provide a basis for the huge corn industry in the United States. According to Conceicao and Mendoza, “About 90% of corn and soybean exports are accounted for by only three countries: Argentina, Brazil and the USA. Five countries (India, Pakistan, Thailand, USA and Vietnam) account for over 80% of global rice exports.” King Corn follows two best friends from college, Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis, who go to the heartland to figure out what their food is composed of after finding out in a laboratory study that their DNA was mostly made up of corn. They were curious how corn ended up on their hair. After they plant and grow an acre of America's most produced and most subsidized on Iowa soil, they try to find out where the corn goes in the food system and how it is distributed all over America. What they discover shocks them. There are many reasons why there is an overproduction of corn in the United States, including advancements in technology, government subsidies, the cheap price of corn and corn syrup as opposed to grass and sugar. Overproduction of corn leads to overconsumption of the crop, because since corn is so cheap to grow, many try to figure out new ways on how to turn...
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...How does CORN PROCESSING EQUIPMENT clean and peel corn? Corn Processing Equipment technology description: Corn Processing Equipment is also called corn kernel processing plant, which adopts dry method of processing technology, and twice emery roll peeling and once iron roll polishing to ensure the complete separation between germs and the albumen. In processing, the air suction system separates corn flour and skin. Corn kernels are classified into different grades by the classifying equipment. And the corn kernels become much brighter after brushing equipment polishing. Corn Processing Equipment has the following features: Advanced technology, strong specificity, reasonable arrangement, low energy consumption, high yield, strong market competitiveness. The end products are widely used in food enterprises, sugar enterprises, feeds enterprises and so on. The core equipments have gained national patents. Corn Processing Equipment Technology introduction: Kernel making section: this section adopts twice peeling and once polishing to ensure the skin and the germs are removed. By effective air suction system, Corn Processing Equipment can separate the flour and the skin. One section of classifying is used to separate suitable size of kernels. One section of brushing is used to remove the skin and flour which adheres to the corn kernel surface and makes the kernels much brighter. Raw grains cleaning section: Corn Processing Equipment adopts one section of screening...
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...“King Corn” is a documentary film by Aaron Woolf in October 2006, following two college friends, Ian Cheney and Curtis Ellis, as they move from Boston to Greene, Iowa to grow and farm an acre of corn by themselves and the subsidized crop that drives our fast-food craze, corn. As Cheney and Ellis try to track their crop of corn into the food system, they found many troubling aspect which questioned how we eat and how we farm. Throughout this process, Cheney and Ellis investigate the effect of the increasing production of corn on American society, both physically and economically. Also, they highlighted on the role of government subsidies which encourages the enormous amount of corn grown. This film illustrates how industrialization in corn production abolished the typical family farm and replaced by much larger industrialized farms. These families are forced to give up their farms in order for industries to take over to start a mass production. The industrialized farms would produce approximately 200 bushels of corn per acre, which is the equivalent of 10,000 pounds or five tons. They also came across inhumane confined animal feeding operations, which would one day be killed for their meat and the heavy use of corn sweetener (high fructose syrup) may be linked to obesity and diabetes. Both Cheney and Ellis depict the necessity of industrialization in the North American food and produce system. They found that high fructose syrup is found in basically all industrialized...
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...HFCS(High Fructose Corn Syrup) is worse than sugar and should be substituted. HFCS is extremely unhealthy and causes obesity and there is no reason that we should put it in food, other than it tastes good. HFCS is made up disaccharides called glucose and fructose, both of them together make sucrose which is the base of HFCS (Reshanov, 2012). Therefore making it not very healthy because the amount of sugar. All sugars themselves aren’t good for the human body but HFCS contains a lot of sugar. An experiment that put rats on a high fructose corn syrup diet resulted in a major decrease in B cells which is a major cell in the adaptive immune system (Rizkalla, 2010). “In 1980, Coca-Cola began using HFCS in its beverages, and by the mid...
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...High Fructose Corn Syrup How do we change what we eat? When most of our food contains traces of high fructose corn syrup, it seems like we are forced to eat this way, while these food companies continue to profit on our health. Majority of our people are unable to afford health insurance because it’s seems like the same people don’t want the Americans to be healthy. The food companies heavily markets to individuals who have low income and lack of knowledge. Therefore majority of our unhealthy population are the ones who are in the poverty level. Many people think that just because it’s inexpensive, it does not mean it’s good for you. High Fructose Corn Syrup is an “artificial” sweetener. By definition it means; made by human skills. High fructose corn syrup was developed in the 1960’s and began being incorporated into the things we drink and slowly but surely replaced the natural sugar. Since it was produce much cheaper than sugar that derived from cane and beets, the wonderful government began subsiding the corn companies. According to the NPD Group, a market research firm, more than half of all Americans are concerned that high fructose corn syrup. “High-fructose corn syrup makes up about 50% of the sweeteners used in the USA but worldwide it's only about 10%”. Every day we eat. We eat home cooked meals or fast food rarely thinking about what’s going into our bodies. Most of the time one of the first ingredients listed on a can of soda or canned fruit is some form of HFCS...
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...not surprised to see high fructose corn syrup in many of them. Nowadays, high fructose corn syrup accounts for almost half of all added sugars in our diets, and is the main source of sweetener in soda. However, you may be surprised to learn that high fructose corn syrup became the sweetener of choice through the implementation of corn subsidies to U.S. farmers. Farm subsidies have long existed for corn. In the Great Depression, farm production increased to meet the global needs during the war, but this spike in supply made prices drop drastically. The U.S. government wanted to ensure farmers maintained an income while rebuilding the economy. A minimum price for corn was set in order to convince farmers to leave some of their land unplanted , and thereby reduce the excess corn supply. These subsidies continued in some form throughout most of the twentieth century and into today to encourage production of corn. Corn grows exceptionally well in the U.S., and is used in a large variety of products...
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...High Fructose Corn Syrup and Childhood Obesity University High Fructose Corn Syrup and Childhood Obesity Introduction High consumption of fructose such as corn syrup is uniquelya predictive factor of obesity among children. According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2012), the obesity rate among all children and adolescent aged 2-19 years old is approximately 17% or 12.5 million. Obesity, which is a multifactorial health problem, is one of the greatest concerns of country; our attitude and habit on food consumption are clearly part of this predicament (Bray, 2007). High-fructose corn syrup has widely used in many foods and beverages as an alternative liquid sweetener. It was used as a replacement for sucrose which is derived from sugar cane or sugar beets. The popularity of high-fructose corn syrupis due to some technological problem in certain application of sucrose. The technological issues of sucrose were hydrolysis in acidic system; it alters the sweetness and flavour characteristics of a product; and the need to dissolve its granules in water prior being used in many applications. There were also political and climatic instability of sugar cane since it is traditionally grown in equatorial regions. This resulted to fluctuation on the availability and price of sugar (White, 2008). Uses and Benefits of High-fructose Corn Syrup The wide availability of high-fructose corn syrup is evident in most of our foods and beverages. The beverages...
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...High Fructose Corn Syrup and Obesity DeVry University February 20, 2013 In the age of high fructose corn syrup and processed foods, obesity is rampant in the United States of America. More than one-third of adults and seventeen percent of children suffer from obesity. Since the 1960’s the rate of obesity has more than doubled. Many think that this is directly related to America’s growing consumption of high fructose corn syrup. High fructose corn syrup has made people obese and unhealthy, but we can change this by better educating children on proper nutrition and by changing our eating habits. High fructose corn syrup was first created in Japan in the late 1960’s. By the 1970’s the process had been perfected and was introduced to the public market. High fructose corn syrup is fifty-five percent fructose and forty-five percent glucose, and tastes exactly like sucrose (sugar). (Pollan p.89) Like everything else that we eat, in moderation fructose and glucose (high fructose corn syrup) may not be considered that bad for you. However, with the amount of processed foods and beverages that Americans consume it has become nearly impossible to avoid the overeating of high fructose corn syrup. So how exactly does high fructose corn syrup affect the body? We know that high fructose corn syrup is made up of fifty-five percent fructose and forty-five percent glucose. Glucose is a form of energy that is used by just about every part of the body. Glucose gives...
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...high fructose corn syrup in food products be limited? Among cereals, sodas, and cookies, high fructose corn syrup is getting more and more common as an ingredient in our foods. High fructose corn syrup is a sweetener that is used as a common substitute for sugar. It is used in many substances due to the fact that it is steady in acidic foods (White 3). Although we may not notice the difference between sugar and high fructose corn syrup, it may not be suitable for our environment. High fructose corn syrup starts from the harvest of corn. Then, by milling, cornstarch is created. The starch includes glucose, an important carbohydrate in a human’s diet. Using an enzyme, the cornstarch is broken down, making glucose and regular corn syrup. To make the corn syrup into high fructose corn syrup, another enzyme is used to convert glucose into fructose (“How HFCS Is Made”). The enzymes used cause the corn syrup to become sweeter (“High fructose corn syrup”). This energy-intensive...
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...High Fructose Corn Syrup High Fructose Corn Syrup is often used as a sugar replacement. This is because in the US it is cheaper from a combination of Corn subsidies and sugar taxes, also because HFCS is transported as a liquid as opposed to sugar, which is a solid. Even though there are multiple steps that require expensive enzymes, the HFCS is still less expensive than the alternative. The lower cost means food producers are able to produce their food and drinks for cheaper and also earn more profit on the goods they sell. The process to develop HFCS was discovered in the 1970’s. Its popularity in America rose quickly; its use saw an increase from 3 million tons in 1980 to 8 million tons in 1995. HFCS use surpassed the use of sugar in the late 90’s and continues today to be more widely used. More HFCS is consumed than sugar by Americans. The process is more difficult than the process to get sugar from sugar cane or beets. There are multiple steps involved including three enzymes needed to break down the complex glucose molecules of the cornstarch to the simple glucose and fructose sugars. Each enzyme breaks down the molecule to smaller pieces, until the manufacturer ends up with 40% fructose and 50 to 52% glucose. Other sugar molecules are also still in the mixture. The final two steps result in the 55% fructose mixture that the industry requires. A 90% mix of fructose is poured back in to the original mixture of glucose and fructose. There are...
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...High Fructose corn syrup in the US and UK High fructose corn syrup, also known as Fructose-Glucose syrup, is a liquid sweetener that was created to act as a substitute for regular sugar in the 1950s, and is now used in almost all processed foods in the United States, and to a lesser degree, the United Kingdom. Since its creation, high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) has been used extensively not only in these two countries, but also around the world. It is an ingredient in almost every single mass-produced beverage and food product, however its extensive use has sparked a lot of controversy regarding HFCS and its possible obesity-causing effects, as well as issues of sustainability and agriculture. High fructose corn syrup was so quickly embraced by food producers due to its sweetness comparable to that of sucrose (regular table sugar), its stability, and ease of application. Another part of HFCS’s appeal was that sugar cane was originally grown in places that were both politically and environmentally unstable, and so any fluctuation in either of those factors meant a variation in the worldwide price of sugar. In 1977 the United States imposed a system of sugar tariffs and quotas which significantly raised the price of imported sugar, so producers sought a cheaper alternative, and high fructose corn syrup was the answer. Initial shipments to the United States food industry started in the late 1960s and since then there have been many advancements in its production which have led...
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