Empire of Corn: From Cornucopia to Corporate Commodity
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Piece Description
Corn: that most American of grains. These days corn is feed, fuel and ubiquitous sweetener, the biggest of business and some say the core of an industrial food system that's unhealthy for people, livestock and soils. Join us as we trace corn's origins back to Mesoamerica and conduct a forensic exam on the hybridized, genetically modified corn we know today.
Guests:
Aaron Woolf, Director of documentary film, “King Corn”
Ricardo Salvador, Associate Professor of Agronomy, Iowa State University
Mark Muller, Director of Environment and Agriculture, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
Steve Ettlinger, Author of Twinkie, Deconstructed
Timing and Cues
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Intro and Outro
INTRO:See Cue Sheet
OUTRO:Additional Files
- Promo (2011_1108_AWP_EmpireCornPromo.mp2)
- Cue Sheet (AWP_EmpireCorn_CueSheet.pdf)
Additional Credits
Funded By: W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Host: Mark Sommer
Senior Producer: Chuck Rogers, Kara Hochner
Production Engineer: Chuck Johnson
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