In Corn, I Think I've Found The Key To The American Food Chain. If You Look At A Fast-food Meal, A McDonald's Meal, Virtually All The Carbon In It - And What We Eat Is Mostly Carbon - Comes From Corn. - SearchQuotes

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In corn, I think I've found the key to the American food chain. If you look at a fast-food meal, a McDonald's meal, virtually all the carbon in it - and what we eat is mostly carbon - comes from corn.

Michael Pollan

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