A little update on my Junior Theme. It has been very interesting researching why corn is the most ubiquitous crop in the United States. I have been hooked on my books and for the past two weeks compiling mounds of information together. Though I am not focusing on the international market in my paper, this pie chart I came across immediately caught my attention. China is the next leading country, behind the United States, for world corn consumption. This not only caught my eye in statistics and articles but also the eyes of two people I interviewed: Curt Ellis and Aaron Woolf. Here's the deal: Because of an increasing amount of prosperity in the developing world, countries like China want more meat in their everyday diet. As we all know, we didn't always have the option of meat at every meal because it was too expensive; therefore, in order to have more meat quickly and cheaply, we have to grow more corn. The answer always comes back to corn!
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