Jacob= Blue Christiana= Purple Spencer= red Carson= black/ normal text RED HISTORY AND CULTURE What is its origin? Does it have an origin? Explaining Corn is a human invention. Corn does not exist naturally in the wild. It will only survive if planted and protected by humans. Scientists believe people living in central Mexico developed corn at least 7000 years ago. It was started from a wild grass called teosinte. Corn is also used in the food popcorn, which you enjoy very much, like you eat it at the movie theater with your friends. At least that is part of the American culture, also the Canadian culture as well. Since the color of corn used to be black, red, and purple, it got changed to yellow to make it more appetizing. Today, corn is used over 3500 ways today. Corn can be produced in various colors …show more content…
Corn is a cereal crop that is part of the grass family. An ear or cob of corn is actually part of the flower and an individual kernel is a seed. On average an ear of corn has 800 kernels in 16 rows. Corn will always have an even number of rows on each cob. A bushel is a unit of measure for volumes of dry commodities such as shelled corn kernels. 1 Bushel of corn is equal to 8 gallons. With the exception of Antarctica, corn is produced on every continent in the world. There are over 3,500 different uses for corn products. As well as being eaten by the cob, corn is also processed and used as a major component in many food items like cereals, peanut butter, potato chips, soups, marshmallows, ice cream, baby food, cooking oil, margarine, mayonnaise, salad dressing, and chewing gum. Juices and soft drinks like Coca-Cola and Pepsi contain corn sweeteners. A bushel of corn can sweeten 400 cans of soft