Corn is in everything ethanol fuel, breads, oils, livestock feed, popcorn, and the infamous high-fructose corn syrup. There have been so many advances that corn has helped create such as fuel that is better for the ecosystem and cheap feed for livestock. In addition to advances, corn has also started many traditions like the making of tamales. Corn also played a large role for food was also the biggest source of food for people in South America. However, even knowing all this there are a few questions that remain: How did corn come to be? What kind of history is behind Corn?
Corn has been around for a very long time, especially here in America. According to Dunbar-Ortiz’s book “An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United