Hippie Documentary: King Corn

I dropped the ball again. Despite the number of documentaries I've been watching, I can't quite keep up with a weekly review. So, no more timelines. This time around- King Corn. This film follows two recent college graduates and their attempt to rent an acre of farmland in Iowa in order to grow corn and determine exactly where the corn goes and what it is used for. The film examines how we as a society are dependent on corn. From the corn that is fed to cattle that becomes the beef we eat to high fructose corn syrup that is in practically everything in the grocery store, we consume corn at an alarming rate. This documentary is definitely worth watching. I learned a lot about farm subsidies, the insdustrialization of farming, history of corn, and just how dependent we are on this one crop. View the trailer here. "We aren't growing quality, we're growing crap."