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Michael Pollan:
What you're growing is an industrialized corn. It has been changed over the last 20, 30, 40, 50 years with one goal in mind, which is yield. The way it was done was, not to make every plant produce more so much, as to make the plants tolerate living close together. This plant is kind of an "urban" creature; it lives in these cities of corn. We're now up to close to 200 bushels of corn per acre. That's what, 10,000 pounds? 5 tons of food from 1 acre of land. It's an amazing amount of food!
What you're growing is an industrialized corn. It has been changed over the last 20, 30, 40, 50 years with one goal in mind, which is yield. The way it was done was, not to make every plant produce more so much, as to make the plants tolerate living close together. This plant is kind of an "urban" creature; it lives in these cities of corn. We're now up to close to 200 bushels of corn per acre. That's what, 10,000 pounds? 5 tons of food from 1 acre of land. It's an amazing amount of food!
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MICHAEL What you're growing is an
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industrialized corn
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It has been changed over uh the last 20 30 40 50 years
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Um with one goal in mind which is yield
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The way it was done was not to make every plant produce more
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so much as to make the plants tolerate
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living close together
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This plant is kind of an urban creature
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It lives in these cities of corn
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We're now up to close to 200 bushels of corn per acre
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That's what 10 000 pounds
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Five tons of food from one acre of land
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It's an amazing amount of food
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Movie Summary
King Corn is a feature documentary about two friends, one acre of corn, and the subsidized crop that drives our fast-food nation. In King Corn, Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis, best friends from college on the east coast, move to the he...
