90 Million Acres of corn are produced each year in the U.S. but less than 1% is sweet corn that people eat. The rest is used as livestock feed or processed into common ingredients like high-fructose corn syrup, a low-cost sweetener.

The Average American corn consumption per year (excluding corn syrup) went from 11.1 lbs in 1970 to 31.4 lbs in 2012.

Since the introduction of high-fructose corn syrup, obesity rates in America have tripled.

Corn has received more subsidies than wheat, soybeans, and rice combined. (87.1 billion vs the combined 71.6 billion).