The one all the way on the right is what used to be stock corn, meaning we gave it to stock animals or ground it into flower. It’s not for human consumption the way it’s eaten now. Actual maize is quite colorful and was modified for easier human consumption. Ever wonder why corn shits out whole? It’s because America gave you our stock corn instead human corn. Congratulations America, I you played yourself.
You can see corn in your poop because the outside of the corn kernal is made of cellulose, a.k.a. dietary fiber, that stuff that’s good for you because it isn’t digested and you poop it out. Meanwhile the nutritious inside of the corn kernal has been easily digested by your body as normal.
The corn in your doody is not the nutritional content, it’s the nutritional content’s used empty packaging which helps clean the pathways on its way out.
I have seen this image many times in my uni courses.
when european first reached the continent, the breeding of the plant was heavily advance, somewhat on the right side of thr image
this is one of the staple crops without which we could not survive.
the current varieties are so productive, but they require all modern farming methods, which can be impactful
if you want to apply biological agriculture, the mkst recent varieties are not a good pick, unless they actively support that
that image also serve as a quick explaination as to how our food systems evolved. When you read ancient folk tales, or even when you read about these plants in Biblical texts, imagine the one on the mid left. A small plant capable of supporting a limited amount of people
What I think is more interesting in terms of New World staples is what the indigenous people of the Andes did with the potato. Not only did the cultivate dozens of varieties, they also learned how to freeze-dry them for long-term storage. That’s amazing for people who just barely entered the bronze age by the time of European contact.
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