On Tuesday, September 10, 2019 at 7:17:25 PM UTC-4, Bruce wrote:
> On Mon, 9 Sep 2019 02:50:15 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> > wrote:
>
> >On Monday, September 9, 2019 at 1:12:32 AM UTC-4, Bruce wrote:
> >> On Mon, 09 Sep 2019 11:37:42 +0700, Jeßus > wrote:
> >>
> >> >On Mon, 09 Sep 2019 14:22:27 +1000, Bruce >
> >> >wrote:
> >> >
> >> >>On Sun, 8 Sep 2019 20:27:29 -0700 (PDT), "
> >> > wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>>On Sunday, September 8, 2019 at 8:45:46 PM UTC-5, Jeßus wrote:
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> On Sun, 08 Sep 2019 00:32:12 -0700, Leonard Blaisdell
> >> >>>> > wrote:
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> >I'm bored. My wife and SIL are gone to a class reunion. Check out this
> >> >>>> >picture of sweet corn muffins that I made today. There's not much color
> >> >>>> >to them.
> >> >>>> ><https://www.dropbox.com/s/9qf3djfdi4tlezy/corn%20muffins.jpg?dl=0>
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> I'd like to try those. Never had corn muffins before.
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>They're rather 'blonde' looking but you don't know what you're missing by
> >> >>>having never eaten corn muffins.
> >> >>
> >> >>Americans and their corn are like Asians and their soy beans.
> >> >>
> >> >><room reserved for Jebus>
> >> >
> >> >Yes, true in the sense it's overused thanks to lobbyists and
> >> >manufacturers in the U.S. But that's not to say corn is of itself bad
> >> >in moderation.
> >>
> >> No, I don't think so either, although it's probably always GM in the
> >> US.
> >
> >No, of course it isn't. Much of the sweet corn grown directly for the
> >table is non-GMO. Some dent corn is non-GMO so that some people can have
> >their fish tacos GMO-free.
>
> "Currently, up to 92% of U.S. corn is genetically engineered (GE), as
> are 94% of soybeans and 94% of cotton [1] (cottonseed oil is often
> used in food products). It has been estimated that upwards of 75% of
> processed foods on supermarket shelves €“ from soda to soup, crackers
> to condiments €“ contain genetically engineered ingredients."
> <https://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/issues/311/ge-foods/about-ge-foods>
>
> There goes your biodiversity. Everything becomes the same. In the
> future, all Americans will look and talk like Gary. You'll all have
> freshly painted houses full of ferrets!

Eight percent of the corn grown in the U.S. is still a helluva lot of
corn. 8% of 366.6 million metric tons is close to 30 million metric
tons.

Cindy Hamilton