Cornucopia of Choices Reflection

People nowadays thinks that when they hear about corn it is all about the yellow corn in a cob, but no they should not think about that because today corn is EVERYWHERE. It is in all the food we eat, it is on the ingredients. It is everywhere because corn is cheap and producers found ways to make use of it. They include high-fructose corn syrup, saccharin, xanthan gum, etc. United State Farmers plant approximately 90 million acres of corn each year, according to the National Corn Growers Association. Field corn is fed to livestocks as well. For example, chickens, pigs, cows, and more. They feed them corn so that they will grow fatter faster. The typical American meal like the fast food restaurant also contains corn. United States is the number one corn-growing country in the world. 

People can be informed better about what is in the food they ate is by ingredients, as well as an open public look on companies who create these foods. That way people in the public can just take a tour of what the companies are doing to the animals or what they put in the food.

People have the absolute right to know what is in their food because it is our freedom to know. We want to know whether or not the food we eat can be deadly, allergic, or plainly unhealthy. And maybe also people would actually recommend companies how to make food feel and taste better.

Having 90% of our food containing corn or soy in it is a problem because how about if there are some people who are allergic and they feel sick and may lead to death. What would happen to the companies? They will get blamed. Corn is also full of sugar and can make you fat. Corn is a grain and all corn is GMO (Genetically Modified Organisms). The people who are responsible for telling us what is in our food are the companies that are creating them.