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reactordevtoday at 2:20 PM2 repliesview on HN

The corn grown that’s not for human consumption is only because it’s earmarked for feed or biofuels. Corn is corn. Where I live, 1 in 4 fields is “for human consumption”


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Retrictoday at 2:51 PM

Filed corn is harvested at a different time resulting in a dryer product.

But yes if people get hungry enough, field corn easily qualifies as actual food.

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inigyoutoday at 2:31 PM

Aren't there different varieties of corn?

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