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Corn
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Avoiding Corn in Canada 
 "This page is intended to be a convenient source and summary of information about corn-derived products for the use of people with known or suspected corn sensitivity." Features examples of corn ingredients in food, alcoholic beverages, medications, and other products. Most brands and regulations are specific to Canada, but the author (a botany researcher) also provides travel tips for Europe and many examples relevant in the U.S. Also in French. http://cornfree.ca/ Topics: Beans, Grains, Nuts, & Seeds, Beverages, Diseases & Conditions, Food & Cooking, Fruits & Vegetables, Nutrition & Food Safety Last updated Mar 7, 2007 Corn Refiners Association
The Web site for this trade organization representing the corn refining industry provides descriptions of the process of refining corn into corn sweeteners (corn syrup, dextrose, high-fructose corn syrup), ethanol, bioproducts (such as packing peanuts), corn starches and dextrins, corn oil, and feed products. Features industry history, descriptions of the refining processes, publications, and related materials. http://www.corn.org Topics: Beans, Grains, Nuts, & Seeds, Fruits & Vegetables Last updated Mar 30, 2005 Jolly Time
The Web site for this popcorn brand includes a collection of recipes using popcorn (both regular and microwave), popcorn crafts projects for children (including ideas for Easter, Halloween, and other holidays), sections on popcorn science and history, popping tips, classroom projects, and more. Searchable. http://www.jollytime.com Topics: Beans, Grains, Nuts, & Seeds, Fruits & Vegetables, Holiday Foods, Beverages, and Recipes, Holidays & Observances, Holidays and Observances Individually, Industries, Snacks and Baked Goods Last updated Mar 30, 2005 King Corn
Website companion to this Independent Lens documentary in which "recent college graduates ... leave the east coast for rural Iowa, where they decide to grow an acre of the nation's most powerful crop," corn. Features essays about the history of corn as a crop, high-fructose corn syrup and the corn sweetener industry, and corn-fed livestock. Also includes an eating challenge (go a week without eating corn), corn fun and facts, and behind-the-scenes material. http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/kingcorn/ Topics: Crops, Fruits & Vegetables Last updated Jul 8, 2008 KingCorn.org: The Corn Growers' Guidebook
This site aims to "offer a Web-based encyclopedia of knowledge about the production, marketing and usage of corn in North America" by providing links to "major agricultural universities, governmental agencies, corn grower organizations and agricultural industries across Canada and the United States." It also provides links to corn in popular culture such as "art, poetry, songs, legends, recipes, and tourist attractions." From the Purdue University Department of Agronomy. http://www.agry.purdue.edu/ext/corn/ Topics: Agriculture, Beans, Grains, Nuts, & Seeds, Business, Crops, Fruits & Vegetables, Poetry Last updated May 18, 2006 National Cornbread Festival
The website for this annual festival held in South Pittsburg, Tennessee, features winning recipes for corn bread and related dishes, such as corn muffins, corn sticks, tamale pie, and main dishes with cornbread toppings. Also view video clips and photos from festival events such as the buttermilk chugging contest. http://www.nationalcornbread.com Topics: Beans, Grains, Nuts, & Seeds, Fruits & Vegetables, Holidays and Observances Individually, Recipes & Food Preparation, Recreation, Recreation, Snacks and Baked Goods, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment Last updated Feb 22, 2009 Organic Sweet Corn Production
This collection of guidelines for organic production of sweet corn discusses strategies for weed control (especially cover crops), corn varieties that have some resistance to insects such as the corn earworm, post-harvest handling of this highly perishable crop, and marketing and economics. Includes references and related links. From the National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service. http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/sweetcorn.html Topics: Agriculture, Beans, Grains, Nuts, & Seeds, Crops, Fruits & Vegetables Last updated May 21, 2008 The Story of Corn
This educational site on the history of corn provides a number of classroom activities in history, science, and writing. Also includes links to other Web sites about corn history and science. From a Web site of the Silos and Smokestacks National Heritage Area (in northeast Iowa), National Park Service. http://www.campsilos.org/mod3/ Topics: Beans, Grains, Nuts, & Seeds, Fruits & Vegetables, National Parks & Forests Last updated Mar 31, 2005 Tortillanomics: Food or Fuel? The Competition for Mexico's Corn
Companion website for this PBS Frontline documentary that discovers that "the increasing demand for corn-based biofuel in the United States is driving up the cost of Mexico's staple food, the tortilla." Features slideshows on protest and politics, the fight between biofuel producers and tortilla consumers for the corn harvest, and effects on farmers and the urban poor in Mexico. Includes related links on biofuels and rising food prices. http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/fellows/mexico_2008/ Topics: Agriculture, Automobiles, Beans, Grains, Nuts, & Seeds, Crops Last updated Apr 28, 2008 Watch Your Garden Grow: Corn
Information about growing corn in the home garden, including discussion of planting, care, harvesting, pests and diseases, storage, and cooking and preservation. Includes descriptions of yellow, white, and bicolor corn varieties. Also available in Spanish. From the University of Illinois Extension. http://urbanext.illinois.edu/veggies/corn1.html Topics: Beans, Grains, Nuts, & Seeds, Crops, Fruits & Vegetables, Gardening Last updated Sep 14, 2009 |
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