Brief Summary Of The Documentary 'King Corn'

King Corn The industrialization of corn and other crops has caused more harm than good. A lot of this has been pushed along by government programs and food companies looking to make a quicker profit, at the cost of the health of their customers. Corn is no longer corn. Covered in chemicals, inedible until processed, the production of high fructose corn syrup, the loss of small family farms, it’s damage to the environment, and its use as cattle feed are a few of the reasons this new era of corn needs to be changed. The documentary King Corn follows two guys fresh out of college as they travel to Iowa in attempt to better know where their food is coming from. There, they are allowed to use one acre to grow corn, and learn all the ways farming has changed since their great grandparents had been there. As the seasons pass
Corn is being ground up and fed to cows in large quantities. This is done to fatten up cattle quicker, making the butchering process overall more efficient. But once again, the vast amounts of negative effects are being ignored in support of a greater profit. Cows are unable to digest corn in these amounts and should be grass fed. As a result, they start to get sick after approximately 3 months of this diet. To combat this they are given antibiotics, which end up in the meat for consumption. Eating this amount of antibiotics is dangerous, and could lead to resistant bacteria strains that are unable to be treated or killed. Despite this, livestock consumes 70% of the antibiotics in America. This entire process diminishes the quality of life of boh the cows raised in these conditions, and of the people consuming it. Grass Fed cows is a far better alternative, and would be made more feasible in this country would slow down it’s over consumption of fatty beef. Advances in farming technology has made it profitable only for farmer with a lot of land