Once corn became a commodity and feedlots developed, the link between farmers and consumers broke. When people found a way to make more corn efficiently, the supply started exceeding the demand. People found new ways to utilize the leftover corn. It is now used as fuel, feed for livestock, and is commonly found in processed food.

Corn is primarily used in feedlots. One example Pollan gives is the Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs). CAFOs have “produced environmental and health problems: polluted water and air, toxic wastes, and deadly pathogens” (Pollan 67). People have found a way to feed livestock in a cost effective way by giving them the excess corn. Cows that were once grass-fed now have more corn in their diets and are growing