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High Fructose Corn Syrup Pronounced Innocent!
Yesterday evening on NPR’s ALL Things Considered, I listened to a report summarizing a recent series of scientific studies that concluded High Fructose Corn Syrup, and table sugar are indistinguishable in effect when it comes to their association with the development of obesity: “…earlier this month, several scientific papers concluded that high-fructose corn syrup isn’t [...]
The Fight Over the World’s Food Systems
Raj Patel, author of Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System, provides his analysis of recent riots relating to the disastrous rise in global food prices. In this video produced by Democracy Now, Mr. Patel offers his analysis of the recent riots taking place in developing countries most effected by “this [...]
A Conversation with ‘King Corn’ Filmmaker Curt Ellis-Part 3
Farming today is not what we may imagine it to be. It’s become largely an industrial process, and corn epitomizes this shift in production methods. In Part 3, ‘King Corn’ filmmaker Curt Ellis shares his experience growing an acre of corn in Iowa, and what it was like for him and his partner. Surprisingly, the [...]
FOOD NEWS: Part 2: A Conversation with ‘King Corn’ Curt Ellis
Continuing the conversation, Curt Ellis shares his story about the pervasiveness of corn in our daily foods. We learn that for the first time in human history, the problem of obesity is associated with poverty, not affluence. The processed ingredients that saturate the market with cheap food products is the chief culprit. Related: Cooking Up [...]
A Conversation with ‘King Corn’ Filmmaker Curt Ellis
Part 1; You can almost hear the voice of Gomer Pyle: “Surprise,” “Surprise,” “Surprise”! Of course, the big surprise may be on all of us. The documentary “King Corn” reveals the often unseen, and unreflected world of industrial food manufacturing, in this case, as it relates to the use and production of corn. The surprise [...]