NOTICE: Chicago Area Screening of King Corn
Friday, June209, 7:00 P.M., Atherton Hall
Countryside Church Unitarian Universalist
1025 N. Smith Rd, Palatine IL
Part of a monthly film series on issues of our times.
May 10, 2008· Weather cuts US corn crop ·CORN prices have jumped to a record as wet weather in the US threatens to worsen planting delays and cut production in the biggest exporter, depleting stockpiles and adding to a global food crisis.
April 24, 2008· Ethanol's corn pone politics ·Two gallons of water go into making every gallon of corn ethanol. This only exacerbates our increasingly prevalent shortage of water in some areas. When corn ethanol is burned, it releases 150 percent more carcinogenic acetaldehyde fumes than does regular gas.
February 2, 2007· The Story You Didn't Read: Mexico's tortilla riots ·Yes, tortilla riots. In Mexico. Some 75,000 people protesting the rising price of tortillas.
In Defense of Food, by Michael Pollan (2008)