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A new film exposes how the crop is fueling the obesity epidemic in the U.S. March 13, 2008 — -- Corn is in everything we eat and drink, from soda to beef, and it's fueling the nation's obesity ...
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- It sounds like the script of a lame reality show. Two Ivy League chums abandon their lives in the urban Northeast, decamping for a year in rural northern Iowa so they can ...
King Corn is a feature documentary about two friends, one acre of corn, and the subsidized crop that drives our fast-food nation. In King Corn, Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis, best friends from college on ...
Last night LeRoy and I went to a movie -- it was King Corn, one of whose co-producers is Curt Ellis, who lives in Portland. The movie is simply amazing and eye-opening as well as terrifically ...
Joining a noble tradition of fine muckraking documentaries about where cheap stuff comes from, "King Corn" pulls the husk off the scandal of modern food production, specifically the industrialized, ...
If a food-deprivation stunt fell during the biggest feasting time of the year, would anyone care? Curt Ellis and Ian Cheney are the ones who gave it a shot last month. They are the likable young ...
HARRIS COUNTY, Ga. (WTVM) - New Mountain Hill Elementary raised over 2,500 canned goods for local families in Harris County. In efforts to support local families experiencing food insecurities, New ...