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Iowa can feed the country, so long as you're fine with eating field corn and unprocessed soy, with a little pork on the side.
by wiredfool 10y ago
Iowa can feed the country, so long as you're fine with eating field corn and unprocessed soy, with a little pork on the side.
- JoeAltmaier 10y agoIowa produces half the nation's pork. Billions of kilos. And corn is used in endless food products, like it or not.
- wiredfool 10y agoRight. That corn is feedstock for making food/ethanol. It's not corn as you would eat. Saying that Iowa covers the food problem is a little like saying that we've got transportation covered because there are railroads that move tons of stuff.
- JoeAltmaier 10y agoIts all corn you can eat. Just not as Green Giant Niblets in a can. Much is converted to starch, sugar, protein etc. and used in food manufacture. Sure lots is used for feedstock and ethanol now; because its available and cheap.