Hot Ideas for a Cold Economy

Big Bad Corn

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The folks at Learn Stuff have a long, film-strippy graphic highlighting the negative effects the raising of corn is having on the environment and economy. “The U.S.,” Learn Stuff says, “pays $10 to $30 billion dollars each year in farm subsidies to raise even more of it, with no clear benefit to consumers.”

Click on the strip several times, until it enlarges enough to read.